[birdky] Re: The GBH and a big fish story
- From: "Mark P. Morgan" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "mpm1250@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
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- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:15:53 +0000 (UTC)
Check out the KFW website on fishes of
KY....http://fw.ky.gov/Wildlife/Documents/KYFISHID.PDF
I think your fish is a Northern Hog Sucker. Mark MorganLexington
From: Tina Nauman <tinanauman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ASK Freelists <ask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; BIRDKY Freelists <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7:48 PM
Subject: [birdky] The GBH and a big fish story
The headwaters of the North Elkhorn Creek are quite small by my house and I
certainly didn't think it big enough to sustain large fish.
Monday I saw a Great Blue Heron stirring up big waves and what I saw made me
grab my camera and hurry outside. The GBH had moved upstream and I didn't have
a great view but good enough to see it had landed a huge fish (a sucker?).
How big was the fish? It was so big he was unable to swallow it during the 15
minutes I watched. The GBH would pick up the fish and hold it until it got too
heavy, put it back in the water and rest. During several attempts, when the GBH
was able to maneuver the fish into the right position, it was just too big to
be swallowed. The heron finally picked up the fish and wandered on up the
stream. After all that work I hope he had a wonderful meal!
I hope someone can tell me what kind of fish this is.
I hope you enjoy the photos (you can click on slideshow to see full size photos)
http://tinanauman.zenfolio.com/p748730373
Tina
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