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Billy could it be a Rudder Fish, from the south but we have had then the
last several years
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] bats and mackeral
> These are the wrong shape. The fish we have are torpedo-shaped, like a
> regular mackeral. Thanks for the info anyway.
> Billy
>
>> Googled 'Pilot' Mackerel. Found this link.
>> Is this what is being seen?
>> http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Pilot_fish
>>
>> Gayle MacLean
>> Dartmouth
>>
>> --- On Wed, 10/21/09, bdigout@seaside.ns.ca <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: bdigout@seaside.ns.ca <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] bats and mackeral
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Received: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 4:44 PM
>>
>>
>> I think the "pilot" mackeral are the first ones that show up in the
>> spring. I could be wrong. I've seen this strange kind some other years,
>> but only a few, and always late in the season. This year there are lots
>> of them.
>>
>>> I seen an as described mackerel a few weeks ago now and just thought it
>>> to
>>> be an odd individual.
>>>
>>> You say they're showing up in #'s????????
>>>
>>> Could you be speaking of the ones the old trap fishermen called "Pilot"
>>> Mackerel.
>>>
>>> Tom K
>>> Canso
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
>>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:42 PM
>>> Subject: [NatureNS] bats and mackeral
>>>
>>>
>>>> There was a very lively bat flying around our yard at noon today,
>>>> seemingly feasting on some kind of small white fly. Seems late in the
>>>> year, and a strange time of day. Maybe the best time of day to find
>>>> food this time of year?
>>>> Also, a different type of mackeral has been showing up in numbers in
>>>> the
>>>> St. Peter's Canal this week; smaller and different markings than our
>>>> regular mackeral, but still obviously in the framily....it tastes the
>>>> same, maybe a bit fatter. Does anybody know what kind of fish it
>>>> might
>>>> be?
>>>> Billy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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