Bingham Bulletin | 1920-01-07 | Page 8 | This Fish Makes Nest

This Fish Makes Nest The common stinflsh is an abundant form in most lakes and rivers from the Great Lakes to southern Georgia, says the American Forestry Magazine of Washington. Doctor KIrkliind has '"f" given us some very interesting points ' t : on the breeding habits of this species " which he very truly says "prefers still . and clear wuters." In the spring of the year the female prepares herself ' a circular nest by removing all reeds f or other dead aquatic plants from a chosen spot of a foot or more In dl- V ameter, so as to leave bare the clean V ,. gravel or snnd; this she excavates to . the depth of three or four inches and , then deposits her spawn, which she watches with the greatest vigilance; and it Is curious to see how carefully J she guards this nest agfilnst all in- 1 truders. In every fish, even those of ' ber own species, she sees only an ene my, and is restless and uneasy until the has driven it away from her nurs-