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Parting Shot — 2/12/07

Posted by DFO

Feb. 12, 2007 6:07 p.m. • 0 comments

A great blue heron does its part for the Southwest Florida ecosystem, reducing the invasive population of the exotic suckermouth catfish in Port Charlotte, Fla. The fish can grow to 30 inches and are sometimes left on the shore after fruitless attempts by birds to swallow the spiny creature. The heron was successful in its endeavor/Sarah Coward, Charlotte Sun.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.