First Report of Fishing in the European BlackbirdTurdus merula

Autor:	Kurt Jordaens, Adam Raes, Louis Lefebvre
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Fishery geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology biology.animal Fishing European blackbird Fish Shoal Animal Science and Zoology Minnow Biology Normal behaviour
Zdroj:	Acta ornithologica
ISSN:	0001-6454
DOI:	10.3161/000164508x395351
Popis:	During two hours of observation, a female Blackbird made approximately 30 attempts to catch fish, 20 of which were successful. The bird watched and followed a minnow shoal in shallow parts of the river, hopping from stone to stone in a way that resembled its normal behaviour when catching earthworms. The bird only caught small individuals (5–7 cm). Larger individuals were present in the river but were not seen within the shoal and were not attacked.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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