True story no BS. i saw this documentary on KCET and it was in China where the fishermen used those pesky birds to do their fishing for them!!!! it was incredible, they would tie a rope of somesort around their necks so the bird wouldnt swallow the fish and they tied leashes to the birds and let them dive for the fish and when they surfaced would cough up the fish. Unreal!! i guess they raised those things in that little fishing town for that purpose. But w/ all the oohs and ahhs aside i HATE those birds myself, they are nothing but problems, and i do agree w/ the previous post, they probably were migrating somewhere but since they found all these little ponds and lakes to easily feed, they will never leave. Something really needs to be dont about those birds. DFG really needs to realize that all that money thats going into trout plants is basically being used to feed those pesky birds.

Tsunami