Wise Bird by cfulton

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 12, 2010

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Description

See the bird? It is a Egretta garzetta (Little Egret) that has figured out that there is an easy way to look for food in the marina. The 'vehicle' is the only fuel powered 'boat' on the water, basically a glorified paddle boat. The scoop on the front gets lowered into the shallow water to chomp away at the water weeds with those teeth. There are two rows of teeth which act like clippers. The weed is then pulled into the boat by the metal conveyer belt, with a similar one at the back to offload the cuttings on the bank of the waterway. This is where the wise Egret comes in… it sits on the sides of the scoop waiting for the weed to travel up the conveyer. Then it hops down on the cuttings and picks out frogs, fish, crabs, etc. before hopping off and waits for the next load. Clever Little Egret! Cheers, Clive

Comments (16)

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Meisiekind

1:14AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

Hmmm - not just a pretty face that one!!! Very clever indeed! Very interesting contraption to keep the weeds out of the marina! Thanks for sharing Clive! :)

West_coaster07

1:21AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

Nice one!

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praep

1:49AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

Nice shot - a wise bird for sure.

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flora-crassella

5:05AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

haha!!!! Great and funny shot!!!!

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bmac62

5:39AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

We should all be 1/2 as clever. this was really WELL SEEN by you. A fascinating post.

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awjay

7:46AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

where there is a will there is a way

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flavia49

8:19AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

fantastic picture!!

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MrsRatbag

8:50AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

Smart, why waste an easily-gotten buffet? LOL!

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debbielove

9:22AM | Tue, 12 January 2010

Well a very clever little bird and you are one up on us! Our illustrious councils just let lakes clog up or fill em will concrete and build something on it! Calling it BLOODY health and Safety! Great picture! Rob

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