A Conversation for Heron
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation May 14, 2023
They're so elusive, it's a wonder humankind ever caught them and domesticated them. (Well, not these particular ones, but distant relatives of them...)
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted May 14, 2023
"They" said there was trout here!
I've not seen even a minnow in the last 3 hrs...
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted May 15, 2023
They also eat little ducklings and hamburgers. (From my own experience)
Thanks for sharing though.
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted May 15, 2023
"They also eat little ducklings and hamburgers" ?
What! With no chips ??? (with or without any relish 
)
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted May 16, 2023
I observed the hamburger incident on the grandstand of a rowing match, where the heron snatched a hamburger (patty) from someone's hand (in flight). It looked like it wasn't the first time it did that. So no chips that I know of, but definitely mayonaise and probably onion rings.
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 16, 2023
There are seagulls in a supermarket nearby (ten miles from the sea, but they can fly). I've seen them eating whatever food had been dropped by shoppers.
They swim, the fly, they walk, they do it all
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted May 16, 2023
We used to get gulls in the parking lot of the Philadelphia Walmart. It was near the Delaware River. We're too far from the sea here - though they must get them in Erie.
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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted May 16, 2023
Gulls are a menace at our coastal resorts for nicking food from folk
But again 
when people "dump" food instead of binning it etc, they are teaching/adding to the gulls intelligence 
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- 1: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 14, 2023)
- 2: Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. (May 14, 2023)
- 3: Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. (May 15, 2023)
- 4: Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. (May 15, 2023)
- 5: Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. (May 16, 2023)
- 6: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 16, 2023)
- 7: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (May 16, 2023)
- 8: Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. (May 16, 2023)
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