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re: Question for OT Ornithologist. Black birds and White birds on the LSU lakes.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:15 am to LakeViewLSU
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:15 am to LakeViewLSU
It's proof, on a small scale, that all species prefer grouping with the identical species, even when around the same catagory, birds in this example.
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Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:26 am to nes2010
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nes2010
I don't think that link is applicable here. Sounds like this is roosting behavior of wading birds, not foraging behavior of songbirds.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:28 am to LakeViewLSU
Birds of a feather... duh!
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:31 am to Sasquatch Smash
Probably not but it doesn't hurt to look over the literature. Just in case he had an actual interest.
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 9:33 am
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:43 am to BlackAdam
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Predator looking up into the light will see the white and it will blend in to the light providing camouflage. A predator looking down from above will see the black which will blend in with the ground or water below providing camouflage. This is similar to how fish have white bellies and dark backs.
Seems to be a mutually beneficial roosting arrangement.
Excellent hypothesis, but I'm not sure a predator would confuse an egret with a star at night. Perhaps it would work when the moon is bright, however.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:03 am to LakeViewLSU
While it seems the black birds are on top, if you're under the tree looking up, they're in the back of the tree.
It's all about perspective.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:06 am to LakeViewLSU
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top half of the tree filled with black birds and the bottom half of the tree filled with white birds.
The black birds are cormorants and they typically roost/perch at the top of trees. Yes, they can swim. Almost too good. They swim underwater and eat fish. They often work together chasing fish, kinda like herding cattle. They can wipe out a fish population in a pond with the quickness.
The white birds are egrets. They just roost in the trees overnight and typically leave the trees during the day to go do egret things like eat stuff, hang out with cows, and wade in small bodies of water.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:36 am to MWP
Thanks for all the info guys.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:49 am to MWP
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leave the trees during the day to go do egret things
actually LOLed at this for some reason
Good info though. Well done
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:28 am to LakeViewLSU
If they're the same kind of bird then some may just be juvenile.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:40 am to LakeViewLSU
These are sizable birds, huh? If so, I've seen and wondered about the same thing at the pond on the corner of Siegen and Highland.
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