Birds Mooching from Fishermen

     Only a few years ago, birds were quite shy of humans.  Then Shuangshi Creek Park was developed, and birds gradually overcame their fear of people.  As time went on, birds and fishermen developed a sort of relationship.  In the photos below, a black-crowned night heron and a little egret wait for a fisherman to throw them a fish that's too small to take home.

     In the photo below, you can see that there were two birds.  The heron and the egret watched until a fisherman threw a fish to them.  Each raced to get it before the other could.  The night heron got it.  The birds then resumed their patient wait for the next fish to be thrown their way.

     For more photos of black-crowned night herons, click here.  For more photos of little egrets, click here.  For more photos of birds keeping company with fishermen, click here.