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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CF406A.8C3A8470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Dusan Maybe a Flounder species- (winter, yellowtail, witch) or American = Plaice. These may be some of the species that occur in the area. There = are quite a number of varieties of "flatfish".=20 No Double-crested Cormorants are in Pictou Co. yet that I can see. There = is much harbour ice although today's south winds opened up some water = off Merigomish Harbour and Big Island. The DC Cormorants usually arrive = in the last week of March.=20 I wonder if the cormorants you saw were over-wintering Great = Cormorants. We had 3 over-winter here near the Trenton power plant = outflow although I only saw one last weekend.A large number of Common = Mergansers, and Bald Eagles joined in catching what seemed to be = abundant fish this winter at the outflow of the Trenton power plant. A = few fish that showed up dead on the shore looked like Striped Bass. cheers ken ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dusan Soudek=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:37 PM Subject: [NatureNS] species ID of "flatfish?" Yesterday, while waiting for the ferry at the Bras d=E2=80=99Or = Lakes=E2=80=99 Little Passage, I was impressed by the 20 =E2=80=93 40 = cormorants fishing and frequently catching. All the caught fish looked = to be the same species. About 30 cm in length, quite silvery, and very = round when seen from the side. A ferry crew member called them = =E2=80=9Cflatfish.=E2=80=9D =20 The path of the ferry was the only open water around, as the nearby = portion of the lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite = habituated to the back-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones sitting = on the edge of the ice barely moved when the ferry went by, and the ones = swimming avoided it by mere feet. A bald eagle and some mergansers were = also present but less active than the cormorants. What a show! Does = anyone know the proper scientific name of =E2=80=9Cflatfish?=E2=80=9D Is = there a run on right now? Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CF406A.8C3A8470 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23569"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 = 752-7644<BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Dusan</DIV> <DIV>Maybe a Flounder species- (winter, yellowtail, witch) or American = Plaice.=20 These may be some of the species that occur in the area. = There=20 are quite a number of varieties of "flatfish". </DIV> <DIV>No Double-crested Cormorants are in Pictou Co. yet that I can see. = There is=20 much harbour ice although today's south winds opened up some water off=20 Merigomish Harbour and Big Island. The DC Cormorants usually = arrive in=20 the last week of March. </DIV> <DIV>I wonder if the cormorants you saw were over-wintering Great=20 Cormorants. We had 3 over-winter here near the Trenton power plant = outflow=20 although I only saw one last weekend.A large number of Common=20 Mergansers, and Bald Eagles joined in catching what seemed to be = abundant fish=20 this winter at the outflow of the Trenton power plant. A few = fish that=20 showed up dead on the shore looked like Striped Bass.</DIV> <DIV>cheers</DIV> <DIV>ken</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> ----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan=20 Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 15, 2014 = 2:37=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] species ID = of=20 "flatfish?"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"> <DIV>Yesterday, while waiting for the ferry at the Bras d=E2=80=99Or = Lakes=E2=80=99 Little=20 Passage, I was impressed by the 20 =E2=80=93 40 cormorants fishing and = frequently=20 catching. All the caught fish looked to be the same species. About 30 = cm in=20 length, quite silvery, and very round when seen from the side. A ferry = crew=20 member called them =E2=80=9Cflatfish.=E2=80=9D </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The path of the ferry was the only open water around, as the = nearby=20 portion of the lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite = habituated to=20 the back-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones sitting on the edge = of the=20 ice barely moved when the ferry went by, and the ones swimming avoided = it by=20 mere feet. A bald eagle and some mergansers were also present but less = active=20 than the cormorants. What a show! Does anyone know the proper = scientific name=20 of =E2=80=9Cflatfish?=E2=80=9D Is there a run on right now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dusan Soudek</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CF406A.8C3A8470--
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