Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
This specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
I had an unexpected photo opportunity while walking around campus today, and snapped this raven with my phone's camera. I wrote it a little verse for it in the caption. Not a haiku, mind you. I live by the forum rules, too.
Entoman on Mar 29, 2012March 29th, 2012, 10:17 pm EDT
What's going on with this thread? How did these two get hooked up? Anyway, loved the great photo of the raven and the fun limerick!
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Troutnut on Mar 30, 2012March 30th, 2012, 1:06 pm EDT
They're both site updates from the same day. That's how the automatic posts from the front page of the site are organized into the forum. I coded it that way thinking usually there would only be one contributor per day (so it would join all the photos & specimens from a particular fishing trip or something). It does get to looking a bit funny when people add two very different things though.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Entoman on Mar 30, 2012March 30th, 2012, 1:34 pm EDT
Ah, very good. That bird is a great subject. That photo was from your phone? Amazing!
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman