Blue Nose Shiners

Met these two on Alexander Creek, at the launch.  The young man is a bundle of enthusiasm.  He is going out in a Florida Fish and Wildlife boat to gather samples of the vegetation the shiners live in.  They are a rare species only found in a few spring run creeks on the Peninsula and a few others on the panhandle.  He is working on his doctorate and needs to prove a connection between the shiners habitat and plant growth.  I could hear him talking for miles...he was vibrating with excitement.  Nice to see such passion for the natural world.