[NatureNS] bats and mackeral

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good idea
> Worth a shot
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] bats and mackeral
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>> I've seen several of these, too, other years, but they have vertical
>> "bands", rather than horizontal stripes.  Thanks for the try though
>> Billy
>>> 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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