Heron eating House Sparrows.--Seton Gordon's recent note and the accompanying editorial comment on Herons Ardeatinereaeating birds {Brit. Birds, 59: 37) prompt me to record similar feeding behaviour by a captive Heron which came into my possession as a juvenile in December 1963. Although unable to fly, it is quite healthy and has the free run of my garden at Fareham, Hampshire. On numerous occasion...
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