SHAGS IN THE SOUTH.
HAVOC AMONG TROUT.
Notwithstanding the fact that there is a price upon the heads of shags, these birds are still too numerous, in view of the toll which they levy upon trout, states the Timaru Herald. A farmer mentioned recently that he had seen 42 shags systematically for trout in one big pool on the Opihi River. Shags are very wary of the sportsman, and it is difficult to get within shooting distance of them, but on the occasion referred to he had shot two, for the heads of which he had received 6s. The shags "fish" for trout by getting in line at one end of a stretch of water and skimming over it to the opposite end, flapping their wings so as to drive the trout in front of them. When the fish are thus frightened into one end of the pool the shags get to work in earnest, and diving after them soon secure a big meal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18762, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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