Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) uses bread as bait for fish

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-88

  Zickefoose, Julie ^a   Davis Jr , William E ^b  

^a Box 270 ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardea herodias; Bait fishing; Baiting; Great Blue Heron

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544344803     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521736     Document Type: Article

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