--Bruce Stallsmith
yeah, along the Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: "Crail, Todd" <tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>Subject: NANFA-L-- Chrosomus firing up.
>Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:42:21 -0500
>
>Hi gang,
>
>My rainbow shiners are really showing the magenta flecks, the females look
>gravid and all of them are rooooosy. I can see a little lateral purple on
>the
>dominant males. How much pre-spawn flash have they done for you folks
>who've
>spawned them? Is this an indication of a spawn, or are they just feeling
>sassy and large? It's not like they got cold or anything (just down to 62
>the
>last three weeks), so I'm not even sure the eggs will work if they do.
>
>I'm looking forward to the color and photographs, but not so much the swan
>song they apparently sing a week later. Fort Payne is a loooooooong way
>from
>here.
>
>Speaking of Fort Payne... I've been reading up on the skirmishes around
>1812.
>I was looking-in-some of the Creek resistance story and found this map:
>http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/maps/map778.html Really weird looking-in-
>NW
>Alabama without all the impoundments. Wish I could have seen it back then.
>
>Okay... I'm about to embark on a field sample. This is 12 hours in the
>field.
>It is 27 degrees F. I hope I can get it done before the freeze. Ugh.
>Science.
>
>Todd
>The ICY Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
>It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
>http://www.farmertodd.com
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