osprey
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How many of yinz , like myself give the fishing a little break during the dog days?Istill spend lots of time on the water but do more naturalizing and less actual fishing , anyone else?
Chaz wrote:
I switch to Limestone streams, except that the last 2 years have been so ot the fishing hasn't been all that good. Even the ww fishing I've done has sucked. But I still spend plenty of time outside.
Swattie87 wrote:
Speaking of Herons...any one else seem to think their population is sky rocketing. Pretty much every stream I fish, except for the high elevation/high gradient tiny Brookie runs seems to have a resident Heron population now. I don't always see the bird(s) themselves, but their tell tale tracks are there on the streambank. Maybe I just never took a notice before, but I used to remember them just being on larger streams.
pcray1231 wrote:
I think it is well established that their population has increased impressively over the last few decades.
My basic understanding, and this is not confirmed, is that the recovery is because people stopped shooting them.
And there is some concern over future populations, ironically, due to the abolition of DDT. DDT harmed bald eagles the most, thus it's abolition has been increasing Bald Eagle populations. Bald Eagles don't like herons. They'll harrass the adults until they leave, occasionally even kill them, raid nests and eat the eggs and young, etc. So the recovery of eagles could threaten heron populations.