Fish preditors
I was out at a trout stocked lake the other day. It has been stocked recently and I could see small trout jumping about here and there.
Saw a number of "fish preditors"
1. Loons
2. Am Otter (saw it eating a fish)
3. Great blue heron
4. A cormorant
5. An Osprey which I saw dive into the water but apparently missed this time.
6. I saw terns flying around and didn't think they would be bothering trout, till I saw one dive and catch a fish too big to swallow right off. It flew and another tern tryed to steal the fish from it and the fish dropped to the water and escaped.
7. Also saw kingfishers and again do not think they would bother trout but I could be wrong if the stocked fingerlings are small enough.
8. Then there are the BIGGER trout down in the lake when the fingerlings are stocked. I wonder how many of the new trout get eaten by the big residents.
9. There may well be mink in the area but I didn't see any or any tracks.
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Robin,
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