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Index of Subjects --part1_30794.7e76fffc.38ec724a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just back from our winter in the sun and a number of people have asked about the effects of the cold weather. We stay in a small park between the Indian River Lagoon and the sea on North Hutchinson Island just North of Fort Pierce. In January we had several days of below freezing temperatures which caused a huge fish kill, particularly in our area where the lagoon is about a mile wide and very shallow. Thousands of fish were killed, mostly those that were at the Northern end of their range. Snook, Ladyfish, snappers, tripletails and a number of smaller tropical fish died in large numbers. More Northern fish such as spotted trout, jacks, blue fish and flounder survived. The snook season has been cancelled for the year. Unfortunately over 100 manatee died and many turtles were in distress but apparently most were collected and survived. The cold also killed significant numbers of invasive species, particularly pythons and iguanas. Pythons thrive in the state and an open season has been announced for hunting python for the skins and meat. They become very large, a 14ft rock python was captured a couple of weeks ago. The state has also announced an open season on feral razorback hogs which are very plentiful everywhere. It is not at all unusual to see herds of 10 and 15 animals on golf courses. In our small development we have lots of very tame marsh rabbits, squirrels and larger birds, including woodpeckers and flickers, as well as mocking birds and grackles. We don't see many small birds, I suspect as a result of mosquito control measures. In the adjoining conservation area are many Bob Cats and people claim to have seen a Florida Panther. I have a good photo of the fish kill in our marina for anyone who has a specific interest. Good to be back in Canada's riviera. Peter Stow Hubbards --part1_30794.7e76fffc.38ec724a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.7600.16535"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=3Dr= ole_body bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7><F= ONT id=3Drole_document color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV>Just back from our winter in the sun and a number of people have aske= d=20 about the effects of the cold weather. We stay in a small park between the= =20 Indian River Lagoon and the sea on North Hutchinson Island just North of= Fort=20 Pierce.</DIV> <DIV>In January we had several days of below freezing temperatures which= caused=20 a huge fish kill, particularly in our area where the lagoon is about a mil= e wide=20 and very shallow. Thousands of fish were killed, mostly those that were at= the=20 Northern end of their range. Snook, Ladyfish, snappers, tripletails and a= number=20 of smaller tropical fish died in large numbers. More Northern fish such as= =20 spotted trout, jacks, blue fish and flounder survived. The snook season ha= s been=20 cancelled for the year. Unfortunately over 100 manatee died and many turtl= es=20 were in distress but apparently most were collected and survived.</DIV> <DIV>The cold also killed significant numbers of invasive species, particu= larly=20 pythons and iguanas. Pythons thrive in the state and an open season= has=20 been announced for hunting python for the skins and meat. They become very= =20 large, a 14ft rock python was captured a couple of weeks ago. The state ha= s also=20 </DIV> <DIV>announced an open season on feral razorback hogs which are very plent= iful=20 everywhere. It is not at all unusual to see herds of 10 and 15 animals on= golf=20 courses.</DIV> <DIV>In our small development we have lots of very tame marsh rabbit= s,=20 squirrels and larger birds, including woodpeckers and flickers, as well as= =20 mocking birds and grackles. We don't see many small birds, I suspect as a= result=20 of mosquito control measures. In the adjoining conservation area are many= Bob=20 Cats and people claim to have seen a Florida Panther.</DIV> <DIV>I have a good photo of the fish kill in our marina for anyone who has= a=20 specific interest.</DIV> <DIV>Good to be back in Canada's riviera.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Peter Stow</DIV> <DIV>Hubbards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --part1_30794.7e76fffc.38ec724a_boundary--
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