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Old 03-24-2013, 10:11 AM   #1
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Gannets in March!

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.

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Old 03-24-2013, 10:31 AM   #2
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They were at Narragansett town beach 2 days ago.
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Old 03-24-2013, 10:36 AM   #3
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Well it looks like fishing is over before it started

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

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Old 03-24-2013, 10:47 AM   #5
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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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Old 03-24-2013, 11:19 AM   #6
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Classic Eben - it did appear that there were a few coconuts floating out there.

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