A few minutes ago on Survivor China they showed how the Chinese have these "trained"? Cormorant looking sort of birds (not a domesticated bird anyway) fish for them. They tie their throats off so they can't swallow the fish - when they pop back up with the fish they make them drop it. The birds are normally tied to the boat I think but in the water they are just trailing their little ropes. So the could fly away upon resurfacing but apparently do not. This particular family that fished for the winning tribe had approx 5 of these birds. I don't have a worldwide book handy. Season after season seeing the birds on this show I've wondered if there are people out there keeping Survivor Bird lists. Mary, near Dayton ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]