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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01CF405C.25D2E1E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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_0025_01CF405C.25D2E1E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <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 = portion=20 of the lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite habituated to = the=20 back-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones sitting on the edge of the = ice=20 barely moved when the ferry went by, and the ones swimming avoided it by = mere=20 feet. A bald eagle and some mergansers were also present but less active = than=20 the cormorants. What a show! Does anyone know the proper scientific name = of=20 =E2=80=9Cflatfish?=E2=80=9D Is there a run on right now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dusan Soudek</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01CF405C.25D2E1E0--
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