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by L Bosco
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "Great Blue Heron with a Black Armored Catfish" by L Bosco. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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It's great fun watching our wading birds swallow large fish. It is an entire process in which the bird manipulates the fish in such a way that it is... more
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It's great fun watching our wading birds swallow large fish. It is an entire process in which the bird manipulates the fish in such a way that it is swallowed whole...head first. These large herons may eat two or three fish a day. This particular fish, a favorite of the heron, is sad to say, an invasive, that damages the wetlands with its burrows. Loricariidae (armored catfish) are far less welcome than most catfish. The non-native and invasive species have rugged scales along their backs and spiky fins, thus not a great fish to eat for humans. Catching the South American natives can be difficult, as the armored catfish reportedly are not baited by fishing hooks and must instead be caught by nets or even spears.
The Loricariids are a popular aquarium fish, so likely released fish are the source of this fish. In an aquarium, they use their suckered mouths to clean algae from tanks. But that same behavior that is helpful in fish tanks actually erodes local shorelines up to 10 feet as...
I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...
$26.00