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Part 11: Longwood and Poquito Parks AM March 2
(Dead and Dying Minnows with Another Dead Gar and a Dead Shad)

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As has happened just about every time I checked the parks since the end of January, I found dead and/or struggling minnows at each park.
Click here to see a struggling minnow, recorded March 2nd.
This is a gar that was lying on the boat ramp at Poquito Park. The damage to the anterior of the body may be from being run over by someone launching a boat. Notice the minnows and feathers with it--there were a lot of feathers in the water.




I found this dead shad floating in the water at Longwood Park. Notice the missing scales--scales were also falling off of dead and alive anchovies found at Longwood Park on March 1.


The water at Longwood Park was an olive greenish color with tiny bits of foam floating on it.

The water in our bayous is not naturally green. The greenness is from algae, which feeds on excess nutrients in the water.


Dawn view from Longwood Park with ABC Hydrolab Station 22 in foreground.

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