Herring monitor action

Today, I did my weekly shift as a volunteer herring monitor, for the fourth straight Saturday in a light rain. This time, however, the herring are starting to come through the fish ladder set up at Mystic Lakes Dam. After five minutes without a single fish coming through, a pulse of herring made their way through. Oh, and I got an up close look at a bald eagle, too.

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