Island cat

A slender, tiger-striped, charming, slightly cross-eyed beggar at a waterfront grill on Marmora Bay, at the St. James Club in Antigua, yesterday. We gave in and fed him a tiny piece of a fish sandwich.

(Submitted to the Friday Ark.)

Comments

[cal]

I didn't think you'd stay away until May 4.

[Amy]

I said I was "away from my desk" until May 4. :)

And I still am. We're in Philadelphia, at my dad's house, till later today. Adventures in non-rev/ standby travel!

[Melissa]

Welcome almost home. Since you've been gone, it's been cold and often rainy. Please come home soon and bring some warmth and sunshine. :)

[Caryn Marie]

Hello, I saw your blog entry from a while ago regarding the nesting fish...great photo, by the way! The comments were closed, and I didn't see an e-mail address on here...so I decided to leave you a comment on this entry, regarding that one.

The fish that you had a photo of is a bluegill, in the sunfish family. They are also known as panfish (general term for any of the small sunfish you cook in a pan) and bream. They are delicious to eat, although there is not much meat on them. The males make the nest (as you wrote) and guard them until the fry are old enough to be on their own. However, unlike largemouth bass, bluegill generally do not pick up items that fall into the nest, and usually don't bite a line when nesting.

I hope I was able to help you some. You can e-mail me at cehrhard@students.kennesaw.edu.

[Amy]

Caryn Marie, thanks, that was helpful. I will keep an eye out for the nesting bluegill males in the usual spot this year and take more photos for the blog.

Here's the post from last June: Fish nest.

Melissa, well, here I am, but where's the sun? (They say later today.) The grass is greener but otherwise spring doesn't look like it has advanced much since we've been gone.