Originally Posted By: DrLuke
Found a discussion about bird stocking of ponds here.


I have personally watched both means of fish transportation by birds.

The heron I scared away from our pond puked in the pond before he flew away. I have also heard of them puking in the pond to chum the minnows over. I have not seen this but have scared one to the point it puked. I expect if any minnows from another pond were in their belly but not dead they swam away in our pond.

The belted king fisher was moving minnows into a small puddle one day. I watched for some time... thought it was odd. The next day I watched her with her babys in this small puddle leaning to fish. King fishers are called the king because not once did she leave our pond with out a minnow.

Cheers Don.

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