[birdky] Re: The GBH and a big fish story
- From: Millie <kymillie@xxxxxxx>
- To: "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:35:38 -0500
What we used to call bugle mouth bass. -:). I think a type of carp.
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Millie, from my iPad
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> On Jan 20, 2015, at 8:15 PM, "Mark P. Morgan" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> (Redacted sender "mpm1250@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote:
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> 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 Morgan
> Lexington
>
> 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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