We mention on our webpage, Sandhills On A Stroll (and possibly other places), how we learn from our visitors. We also have a 37″ by 68″ canvas print of our Osprey Family image in our booth. At the latest Melbourne Art Festival, a controversy about the fish’s identity in that Osprey image was renewed.
When she got the image, Nancy knew the fish wasn’t a mullet, a common Osprey meal (only because it’s plentiful and easy), but thought it was a Yellow-tailed Snapper (and may have been a bit envious). The problem with having an image so good (and detailed) is that your story has to be just as good. Shortly after hanging the large canvas version in our booth for the first time, a ‘real fisherman’ (we consider ourselves amateurs) pointed to the faint yellow stripes on the tail and said the fish was not a snapper but a grunt. I remembered that grunts had stripes and so went with that.
In Melbourne just recently, I was recounting this history as another example of how we learn from our guests, and another gentleman told us that it wasn’t a grunt; it was a Menhaden. Several other identifications followed for the rest of the weekend.
Contest Rules
So now I want to use one of my “lifelines” and “ask the audience” (as on the game show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”). Here are your choices (in the order we received them):
- Mullet
- Yellow-tailed Snapper
- grunt (give the specific species)
- Menhaden
- Lane Snapper
- Pinfish
- Bermuda Chub
- other (must tell species to receive credit)
Vote with a comment to this post before June 1, 2018. We will randomly select up to three winners from the entries with the correct answer.
Winners will receive ten dollars off of any print (either Nancy’s or your own). Prizes may be combined with other promotions or coupons. Entrants need not be present to win. Good luck!
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