Coming back from Striper Surf Day yesterday my casting partner Al Rispoli points out a huge flock of Gannets diving into the water just south of the Jamestown Bridge. Have never seen them in March - probably herring? Rivers End surf day was great - good food and pleasant conversation.

DZ

They were at Narragansett town beach 2 days ago. :)
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Well it looks like fishing is over before it started

Hell, it stands to reason. They feed in the Fall going South. They would have to feed in the Spring going North.

Hell, it stands to reason. They feed in the Fall going South. They would have to feed in the Spring going North.

S #1: Where'd you get the coconuts?
A : We found them.
S #1: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
A : What do you mean?
S #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.
A : The gannet may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
S #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
A : Not at all. They could be carried.
S #1: What? A gannet carrying a coconut?
A: It could grip it by the husk!
S #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
A: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.
S #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a gannet needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
A: Please!
S #1: Am I right?
A: I'm not interested!
S #2: It could be carried by an African gannet!
S #1: Oh, yeah, an African gannet maybe, but not a European gannet. That's my point.
S #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
A: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
S #1: But then of course a-- African gannets are non-migratory.
S #2: Oh, yeah...
S #1: So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway...
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Classic Eben - it did appear that there were a few coconuts floating out there.

I dragged my wife to the end off the earth[Newfoundland] to check out a gannet nesting rock called Saint Marys ecological sanctuary.
We are still together although it was a little shaky for a while.
Can't blame her.
One old bird checking out another

What is your favorite color?

What is your favorite color?

NI!
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toxic algae down south killing everythin