who would have thought it.....

"Tom Littleton" wrote

.. Nature highlight: we
spotted either a large osprey, or
smaller eagle flying upstream on Friday, lugging a decent,
and still flopping, trout, in it's talons.



Last summer, I saw an Osprey stoop into the HFork right behind the A Bar and
come "up" with a fish that was AT LEAST 18 inches, probably a 20. I
put the 'up' in quotes because it couldn't fly with that payload and it sort
of did a butterfly stroke with it's wings and swam to the far shore and
fought it's way up on a rock to eat. I had no idea they ever even tried
such large fish, I've seen several catch trout but always about the size of
the ones I catch, too, ... small



I always enjoy your TRs, Tom, thanks ... Penns sounds like a place I'd like
... too bad it's so damn far away.

On Apr 27, 9:58*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
"Tom Littleton" wrote

. Nature highlight: we

spotted either a large osprey, or
smaller eagle flying upstream on Friday, lugging a decent,
and still flopping, trout, in it's talons.

Last summer, I saw an Osprey stoop into the HFork right behind the A Bar and
come "up" *with a fish that was AT LEAST 18 inches, probably a 20. * * *I
put the 'up' in quotes because it couldn't fly with that payload and it sort
of did a butterfly stroke with it's wings and swam to the far shore and
fought it's way up on a rock to eat. * *I had no idea they ever even tried
such large fish, I've seen several catch trout but always about the size of
the ones I catch, too, ... small

I always enjoy your TRs, Tom, thanks ... Penns sounds like a place I'd like
.. too bad it's so damn far away.

Make it to Omaha on the 15th of May and I'll drive you from there out.
Frank Reid