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2015-05-08T18:48:46.000Z
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Video Title:
SERC heron eating herring at Big Gunpowder River, April 2015
Description:
We're not the only ones interested in the river herring populations that spawn in the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay! The Fish and Invertebrate Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) captured a video of this blue heron attempting to feast upon Alewife at Big Gunpowder River in Maryland. Alewife and Blueback Herring are the two kinds of river herring that spawn in Chesapeake Bay tributaries and are important prey for herons, eagles, ospreys, Striped Bass, and many other bay species. Want to learn more about SERC's herring research? Check out our webpage: http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/fish_invert_ecology/herring.aspx