Laptew Productions » Narrow River http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos Mike Laptew reveals the underwater world of game fish with stunning photos and videos. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:48:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=302 Herring Gull Lives Up To Its Name http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3443 http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3443#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:47:12 +0000 mlapuser http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3443 Not all herring gulls are at the landfill

It’s nice to see a herring gull actually eating a river herring and not a french fry.

herring gull grabs an alewife

A herring gull grabs an alewife in the Narrow River

With an expandable throat, these most common of all the “seagulls” in our area, are quite capable of wolfing down an entire river herring.

herring gull swallows an alewife in one gulp

herring gull swallows an alewife in one gulp

]]> http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?feed=rss2&p=3443 0 Narrow River – Wide Assortment of Wildlife http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3164 http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3164#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:03:54 +0000 mlapuser http://www.laptewproductions.com/videos/?p=3164 Headwaters of the Pettaquamscutt or Narrow River
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

Gilbert Stuart's birthplace is the site of a fish ladder

Anadromous Fish Return from the Sea to Spawn

Alewives return to their natal river

Alewives return to their natal river

 

Catadromous Species Spawn at Sea and Their Offspring Journey into Freshwater

glass eels

glass eels

After hatching in the Sargasso Sea, “glass eels” or elvers infiltrate streams, creeks and marshes in Rhode Island

elvers or glass eels

transparent eels

eel in brackish pond

 

These resilient animals can live over 20 years in our ponds and lakes before heading back to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and die

American eel
American Eel

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