This past week has shown a 'second wave' - a distinctive event we've seen in prior years as well. After 6 days of counting just 15 herring, then there were 5 days with a total of 139.
This may well be an initial migration of alewives that is followed a couple of weeks later by a migration of blueback herring. Perhaps next year we'll attempt to identify these.
Total herring counted at Mill Pond through Day # 24 of the run for this and prior years are:
2010 ~ 437
2009 ~ 1,332
2008 ~ 4,647
2007 ~ 1,737
2006 ~ 598
Note: The above numbers are just the fish we counted and not a projection of the total herring.
If you attend River Day [Sunday, May 2, 2010, 10:00 ~ 3:00, Burgess Park, Route 149. Marstons Mills] we'll have the counts of this year and prior years on display at the Marstons Mills River Watershed Association's table under the tent.
Also at 11:00 there will be a tour/talk at the Mill Pond Herring Run and another at the Upper Flume at Middle Pond at 11:30.
See the complete River Day program here.
Note to our counters: be sure to stop by our table for a coupon for a free lunch!
And please post your counts as soon as you can so we can get a read of what is going on. We may be close to ending our counting for this year.
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