19 June 2025
Regardless of the summer season warmth scum on Schenley Park’s Panther Hole Lake, I’ve identified for a very long time there are fish in there.
The pond-sized “lake” with concrete edges attracts fish-eating birds on migration together with belted kingfishers, nice blue herons and the well-known American bittern of April 2023. The birds don’t keep lengthy as a result of the habitat is just not appropriate for his or her nests.
Birds aren’t the one ones who know in regards to the fish. On a stroll in late Might I discovered a household with three little youngsters having fun with the morning at Panther Hole Lake. Dad, with gear and fishing license, was instructing the children to fish. When he caught a bit fish he known as to one of many youngsters to come back reel it in. Every little one had a flip. Catch and launch.
What are birds and other people catching? Small fish of three species, as discovered in the course of the 2024 Phipps BioBlitz. All of them are native to North America.
All of the fish I’ve seen are small, although a big catfish (I feel) broke the floor sooner or later. In 2017 they discovered goldfish and catfish too. Learn extra about it right here: My Heavens! We Have Fish.
p.s. Take a look at Phipps BioBlitz outcomes from 2025. Alas it rained and rained so it wasn’t pretty much as good a listing as 2024.
