<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Pied-billed Grebe With A Crayfish (or whatever you wanna call it) </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 01:22:28 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210083</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 01:22:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210083</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210082">Pam Skaar</a>. That's a really interesting comment, Pam! I hope lots of my followers come back to this post and read it. I can't even imagine how long it would take to tear the tails off of 200 lbs of craw(y)fish - at least the mostly smaller ones like we have around here. Thank you for telling your stories..]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210082">Pam Skaar</a>.</p> <p>That’s a really interesting comment, Pam! I hope lots of my followers come back to this post and read it. </p> <p>I can’t even imagine how long it would take to tear the tails off of 200 lbs of craw(y)fish – at least the mostly smaller ones like we have around here.</p> <p>Thank you for telling your stories..</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Pam Skaar </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210082</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pam Skaar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:58:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210082</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was married to a Cajun fisherman who actually caught hundreds of pounds of crawfish and sold them at dock that bought fish and crawfish. These wild crawfish lived in flooded areas in the early spring. To set the trap line, one needed a boat that had metal cladding on the bottom and a brass propeller on their outboard motor. After getting the right boat, making the traps and waiting for high enough water conditions, we would ram our way through the smaller trees to produce a path for setting the traps. Then, we would go along the path and throw out a trap every so often. I helped with this only a couple times. It was quite the rush to ram your way through the saplings in the swamp but there are details I don't remember, like what bait was put into the traps. When the dock wasn't buying, I can remember tearing the tails off 200 pounds of crawfish and freezing them. When you hit something too substantial with the brass propeller, it could be bent back into shape. Those Cajun crawfish dishes were culinary delights. The Cajuns that only spoke French still called them ecrevisse.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was married to a Cajun fisherman who actually caught hundreds of pounds of crawfish and sold them at dock that bought fish and crawfish. These wild crawfish lived in flooded areas in the early spring. To set the trap line, one needed a boat that had metal cladding on the bottom and a brass propeller on their outboard motor. After getting the right boat, making the traps and waiting for high enough water conditions, we would ram our way through the smaller trees to produce a path for setting the traps. Then, we would go along the path and throw out a trap every so often. I helped with this only a couple times. It was quite the rush to ram your way through the saplings in the swamp but there are details I don’t remember, like what bait was put into the traps. When the dock wasn’t buying, I can remember tearing the tails off 200 pounds of crawfish and freezing them. When you hit something too substantial with the brass propeller, it could be bent back into shape. Those Cajun crawfish dishes were culinary delights. The Cajuns that only spoke French still called them ecrevisse.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210080</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:16:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210080</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210079">JK</a>. Interesting story, JK. You must have been using something delectable to crayfish for bait.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210079">JK</a>.</p> <p>Interesting story, JK. You must have been using something delectable to crayfish for bait.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: JK </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210079</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[JK]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:08:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210079</guid> <description><![CDATA[Crawdads here in Northern California. I will never forget a river fishing trip, my brother and I both with bites on our lines! However after we both reeled our lines in we saw one big crawdad with a claw on each of our lines, hanging there like, well, use your imagination. We used to catch them too, however I have no idea what my brother did with them, i like to think we just let them go.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crawdads here in Northern California. I will never forget a river fishing trip, my brother and I both with bites on our lines! However after we both reeled our lines in we saw one big crawdad with a claw on each of our lines, hanging there like, well, use your imagination. We used to catch them too, however I have no idea what my brother did with them, i like to think we just let them go.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210078</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:28:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210078</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210075">Marty K</a>. "I generally refer to them crayfish because of the Biology textbooks. If I’m gonna eat them though, then it’s crawfish" I like that distinction, Marty.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210075">Marty K</a>.</p> <p>“I generally refer to them crayfish because of the Biology textbooks. If I’m gonna eat them though, then it’s crawfish”</p> <p>I like that distinction, Marty.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210077</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:27:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210077</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210074">Gary Wilson</a>. All very interesting info, Gary. Thanks for providing it.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210074">Gary Wilson</a>.</p> <p>All very interesting info, Gary. Thanks for providing it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210076</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210076</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210073">Carolyn Miller</a>. "“Crayfish” sounds like it should stay in formaldehyde." I absolutely loved that, Carolyn!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210073">Carolyn Miller</a>.</p> <p>““Crayfish” sounds like it should stay in formaldehyde.”</p> <p>I absolutely loved that, Carolyn!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Marty K </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210075</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty K]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210075</guid> <description><![CDATA[If we use the "Sea Star" rules, then would they be "Bayou Bugs" or "Mud Crays?" I generally refer to them crayfish because of the Biology textbooks. If I'm gonna eat them though, then it's crawfish -- as in crawfish boil -- because my sister lives in Louisiana. ;)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we use the “Sea Star” rules, then would they be “Bayou Bugs” or “Mud Crays?” I generally refer to them crayfish because of the Biology textbooks. If I’m gonna eat them though, then it’s crawfish — as in crawfish boil — because my sister lives in Louisiana. 😉</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Gary Wilson </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210074</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Wilson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:31:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210074</guid> <description><![CDATA[I grew up in South Australia where the local species, Cherax destructor, Parastacidae, was and is called the Yabby. It grows to 200-300 mm in length and is widely used in mricauktre. The same goes for Redclaw, C. quadricarinatus, from NE Australia. Cherax destructor is widespread and disliked by some for its habit of burrowing in dam walls. Personally, I like it quickly boiled and served with chives and sour cream and a good crisp, dry white wine. In Western Australian, the larger Marron C. tenuimanus, is Critically Endangered, but farmed as a gourmet food item. The largest species in Australia, and the World, is the Giant Freshwater Crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi, also Parastacidae, to 6 kg but 2-3 kg is the norm, from Northern Tasmania. The common names here vary and there is a myriad of them but the above are examples of those applied Down Under. Of course, our marine crayfish (sic) is another story.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I grew up in South Australia where the local species, Cherax destructor, Parastacidae, was and is called the Yabby. It grows to 200-300 mm in length and is widely used in mricauktre. The same goes for Redclaw, C. quadricarinatus, from NE Australia. Cherax destructor is widespread and disliked by some for its habit of burrowing in dam walls. Personally, I like it quickly boiled and served with chives and sour cream and a good crisp, dry white wine. In Western Australian, the larger Marron C. tenuimanus, is Critically Endangered, but farmed as a gourmet food item. The largest species in Australia, and the World, is the Giant Freshwater Crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi, also Parastacidae, to 6 kg but 2-3 kg is the norm, from Northern Tasmania. The common names here vary and there is a myriad of them but the above are examples of those applied Down Under. Of course, our marine crayfish (sic) is another story.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Carolyn Miller </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2023/01/05/pied-billed-grebe-with-a-crayfish-or-whatever-you-wanna-call-it/#comment-210073</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Miller]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:21:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=126785#comment-210073</guid> <description><![CDATA[What a fun post - all the different stories and names! Yabby and crawdad are much more fun. "Crayfish" sounds like it should stay in formaldehyde. The Grebe looks very pleased with itself! And so interesting to see the size difference between the Mallard and the grebe. I don't see a lot of water birds, so had no idea they were so small! Thanks for all the good info.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a fun post – all the different stories and names! Yabby and crawdad are much more fun. “Crayfish” sounds like it should stay in formaldehyde.<br /> The Grebe looks very pleased with itself! And so interesting to see the size difference between the Mallard and the grebe. I don’t see a lot of water birds, so had no idea they were so small! Thanks for all the good info.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>