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Green Heron

Butorides virescens




1 species ID suggestions

Liam
Liam 11 months ago
Green Heron
Butorides virescens Green Heron

6 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 months ago

uauuu! :) very inteligent beahveour,thanks for sharing is one more thing that confirm our knowleg that animal's are much more inteligent than we normaly acepted

Hemma
Hemma 11 months ago

Antonio, i found this info on the Cornell website.
"The Green Heron is one of the few tool-using birds. It commonly drops bait onto the surface of the water and grabs the small fish that are attracted. It uses a variety of baits and lures, including crusts of bread, insects, earthworms, twigs, or feathers"

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 months ago

what they use exactly,do you know?

Hemma
Hemma 11 months ago

Thanks Antonio.
These are extremely intelligent birds . They are the only birds known to throw some kind of bait to catch their prey.

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 months ago

beautiful Emma

Jellis
Jellis 11 months ago

Believe we had this the other day. This looks like also a Green Heron Butorides virescens

Tulare, California, USA

Lat: 36.70, Long: -118.76

Spotted on Jun 7, 2012
Submitted on Jun 7, 2012

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