Well, I discussed this a bit with Blaine after the story broke at the PB convention '08. I'm not going to drop the entire bomb on you. I want Blaine to come in and fill in the entire storyline. I think he's holding back cuz he wants to offer pictorial documentation. That can come in time. I believe what you saw with your own eyes, Blaine.
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Blaine witnessed a bird at his pond that picked up a fish and flew it over to another tiny body of water and deposited it...healthy and alive. He has the details that will answer all the questions that will come. I hope he picks this thread up and fills in the blanks. (I will PM him).
After he told me this story, we had a small gathering of pondmeisters in the hall at the convention. We discussed it further. Then, Dan Van Schaik walked by and I grabbed him to join our discussion. Dan knew right where we were going before Blaine could get even 1/2 way into his story. Dan, said, without a shadow of a doubt, that he is certain that birds stock void bodies of water to create new sustainance. He told a story of the trout farm ponds he visited in England. They had strange little traps around the ponds. He asked them why. They said that it traps and kills the Kingfishers. He said that he didn't think that a few trout for dinner for a Kingfisher should be worth the trapping effort. They told him it was because the Kingfishers make constant trips to gather live trout and carry them away. They said that the trap design was from the 1800's and they still use the same design for the same reason. Dan also noted seeing GBH (or maybe it was pelican...can't remember) picking up live fish, and instead of pointing the head to the gullet, would flip it sideways and fly away, presumably to stock or feed. I can't stress enough how adamant he was of the certainty that birds stock ponds.
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Calling Blaine!!!!
