I think I lost one

Unlike earlier in the week when I photographed the depths of the pond, the fish weren't hiding the other day:

They must have been sunning themselves, absorbing a bit of warmth from the ever-increasing sunlight (until the trees start leafing out of course).

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I loved the reflections of the trees in the water -- that's what made me grab the camera.

But I soon realized: there's one fish missing!

As you can see here, there are three orange, two white, and one black (the black one is hard to see). There should be three white, not just two! Here's a photo from December showing this:

So I'm worried that one fish has died, or was killed.

But then thinking about it, just a day before I had told my wife: "I think one of the fish is gone. I only saw  two orange, three white, and the black". I'm almost positive that was the count (but don't have photographic evidence). Two orange the other day, three orange today.

So I'm hoping that they're taking turns hiding while the rest of the school catches some rays.

I'll be keeping a close watch this weekend.

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