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Index of Subjects ---1663062914-1054554683-1394975905=:91077 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dusan I've asked reliable sources but as today=0Ais Sunday I might not get = an answer til latter in the week.=0AThese flatfish are common around the Gu= lf of St Lawrence.=0AWe would see them when fishing smelts through the ice.= =0ANever bothered them - smelts were better to eat or so=0Awe thought. I've= seen Great Blue Herons and Loons feeding=0Aon them often. but the GBH were= in the summer so might be a different species.=0AWill let you know if I ge= t the answer=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:40:46 PM, Dusa= n Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=0A =0AYesterday, while waiting f= or the ferry at the Bras d=E2=80=99Or Lakes=E2=80=99 Little =0APassage, I w= as impressed by the 20 =E2=80=93 40 cormorants fishing and frequently =0Aca= tching. All the caught fish looked to be the same species. About 30 cm in = =0Alength, quite silvery, and very round when seen from the side. A ferry c= rew =0Amember called them =E2=80=9Cflatfish.=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 =0A=0AThe path= of the ferry was the only open water around, as the nearby portion =0Aof t= he lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite habituated to the =0Aba= ck-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones sitting on the edge of the ice = =0Abarely moved when the ferry went by, and the ones swimming avoided it by= mere =0Afeet. A bald eagle and some mergansers were also present but less = active than =0Athe cormorants. What a show! Does anyone know the proper sci= entific name of =0A=E2=80=9Cflatfish?=E2=80=9D Is there a run on right now?= =0A=0ADusan Soudek ---1663062914-1054554683-1394975905=:91077 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Dusan I've asked reliable sources but as today</sp= an></div><div><span>is Sunday I might not get an answer til latter in the w= eek.</span></div><div><span>These flatfish are common around the Gulf of St= Lawrence.</span></div><div><span>We would see them when fishing smelts thr= ough the ice.</span></div><div><span>Never bothered them - smelts were bett= er to eat or so</span></div><div><span>we thought. I've seen Great Blue Her= ons and Loons feeding</span></div><div><span>on them often. but the GBH wer= e in the summer so might be a different species.</span></div><div><span>Wil= l let you know if I get the answer</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div>= <div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style= =3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: Helvetic= aNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-si= ze: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Saturday,= March 15, 2014 2:40:46 PM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wr= ote:<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv34919= 09579">=0A<div dir=3D"ltr">=0A<div dir=3D"ltr">=0A<div style=3D'color: rgb(= 0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri"; font-size: 12pt;'>=0A<div>Yesterday, whil= e waiting for the ferry at the Bras d=E2=80=99Or Lakes=E2=80=99 Little =0AP= assage, I was impressed by the 20 =E2=80=93 40 cormorants fishing and frequ= ently =0Acatching. All the caught fish looked to be the same species. About= 30 cm in =0Alength, quite silvery, and very round when seen from the side.= A ferry crew =0Amember called them =E2=80=9Cflatfish.=E2=80=9D </div= >=0A<div> </div>=0A<div>The path of the ferry was the only open water = around, as the nearby portion =0Aof the lake was frozen solid. The cormoran= ts were quite habituated to the =0Aback-and-fro movement of the ferry. The = ones sitting on the edge of the ice =0Abarely moved when the ferry went by,= and the ones swimming avoided it by mere =0Afeet. A bald eagle and some me= rgansers were also present but less active than =0Athe cormorants. What a s= how! Does anyone know the proper scientific name of =0A=E2=80=9Cflatfish?= =E2=80=9D Is there a run on right now?</div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div>Dus= an Soudek</div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div= > </div></body></html> ---1663062914-1054554683-1394975905=:91077--
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