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Document Type
Research
Abstract
While studying the bird life of Eagle Lake in Hancock County, Iowa, we captured and brought alive to Cedar Rapids an adult Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax Naevius.) It was kept at Bever Park for observation, and on account of the scarcity of frogs and fish, various kinds of food were presented to it, among which were some white rats that, being prolific, were used by the keeper as food for the caged hawks and owls. The Heron seemed to take unhesitatingly to these, and would kill and eat a rat with apparent relish.
Publication Date
1912
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
19
Issue
1
First Page
193
Last Page
193
Copyright
©1912 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bailey, B. H.
(1912)
"Notes of the Food of the Black Crowned Night Heron in Captivity,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 19(1), 193-193.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol19/iss1/36