[Tweeters] Fwd: Crows fish?

[Steven Dammer]

oh pff, yeah that would make more sense! Dunno why my brain immediately
jumped to Caspian Terns as the role model 😝

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:30 AM Joshua Glant <josh.n.glant at gmail.com> wrote:


> I’ve watched the crows on Lake Washington catch three-spine sticklebacks

> for years, swooping down and onto the fish just as an bald eagle or osprey

> would; I think that their role model is quite possibly one of these two

> species.

>

> Joshua Glant

> Mercer Island, WA

>

> On Jun 5, 2021, at 9:43 AM, Elizabeth Bacher <eebacher at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> 

> The ones that have territory near Woodland Park Zoo frequently fish from

> the penguin pool when the keepers feed the penguins. They have definitely

> adapted to fishing there!

>

> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 7:38 AM Steven Dammer <dammerecologist1990 at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>> that's super cool! I wonder if it's a learned behavior from watching

>> Caspian Terns?

>>

>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 3:13 PM Becky Galloway <beckyg.sea at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> We also saw crows fishing yesterday on Lake Washington near Juanita Bay

>>> -- two swooped down near the surface and flew off with something small and

>>> shiny in their beak.

>>>

>>> -Becky Galloway

>>> Shoreline

>>>

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