Cool Photos

[J.D.]

A friend of mine e-mailed some neat pictures he took this past weekend and I thought I would share them with the LOU board members. The pictures were taken by Tom Flaherty, avid fisherman, hunter, nature photographer, and owner of Flaherty Game Calls.

This past Sunday morning, Tom snuck out on the Irondequoit Bay outlet pier in his white cammo hoping to get a few pics of a flock of birds called Old Squaw, AKA "long tails". They are a diver duck and most people believe eat only muscles and clams. They like most animals are opportunist and will indulge in anything that comes their way. Tom got some great shots of them pounding the snot out of the Goby population!

I don't know much about these little guys, but if they're willing to dive on the Gobies, I hope they hang around a while...

Tom is a third generation game call craftsman, beautiful hand made calls using many exotic hardwoods.... If you hunt you check out his home page

http://www.flahertygamecalls.com/

Hope you like the pics.................Jim S.

[muskybob]

Nice pics, thanks.

[GAMBLER]

Very nice pics. That drake oldsqaw looks just like the one I have mounted in my game room. It is nice to see they are eating goibes and zebra muscles.

[borderline 350]

Dear JD,

Absolutely great pictures. Mother nature's creatures dining upon an exotic non native fish.....Whoops, shouldn't start trouble here!!! OHHoray (Lee Armey Style!!) for the Old squaw migratory GAME birds!!!... I'm leaving quietly now....JBB

[Legacy]

yum, a goby flavored duck

[Storm Warning II]

Interesting FYI...

Just got some info from the president of our local fishing club out of Erie, PA.

Last year's Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission laker study revealed that of the two strains of Lake Trout present in Lake Erie, that one strain relied on the round goby as 67% of its diet and the other strain relied on the round goby for 78% of it diet!!!!

STOCK MORE LAKERS!!!!!

[Absolut40]

Beautiful Pics!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing.