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From: Roselawn Museum <roselawn_at_mindspring.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Pre-trip sampling
> Hi All
>
> This is your final boarding call for the Okefenokee Swamp expedition! We
> will me assembling this Saturday in the lobby of the Jameson Inn in
> Waycross, GA, at 9AM, and heading into the swamp for some serious
> collecting. Many of us will be staying at that same motel the night
before,
> so look us up if you decide to join us. The campers in our party will be
> staying nearby at the Laura Walker State Park.
>
> I went down to Waycross over the weekend on a scouting run. I couldn't
> resist doing a little sampling to see what was close by the town. I
stopped
> at Perch Creek, 17.5 miles west of Waycross (the opposite direction of the
> swamp) on US Highway 82. I found pygmy killifish, juvenile pickerel,
> bluespotted sunfish, banded sunfish, lined topminnows, and a beautiful
> green colored sunfish that I couldn't ID (too far east for L. cyanellus
> unless it's introduced). The gambusia were different than what I'm used to
> seeing also. The upper bodies were blueblack. Not a bad sample for just a
> few dips of the net. I found the carcass of a gator as well. Most of the
> front half was gone, but judging from the length of the tail it must have
> been about 2 1/2' long when it was alive. Hey, when you're alone, the dead
> ones are the ONLY ones you want to find.
>
> It's shaping up to be a great trip. Contact me if you need more info.
>
> All The Best,
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> NANFA's GA Regional Representative
>
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