Category Archives: fish

Heron catches small

Posted on September 26, 2026 by Alistair

  Recently, I have shown Great Blue Herons capturing rather large Kokanee salmon (blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=35850 and https://blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=35862). The first picture shows, what I think is the same bird.  Now, about 700 metres away, I show another (the same?) heron that was … Continue reading →

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Heron and Kokanee

Posted on September 19, 2026 by Alistair

  I went looking for bears catching fish, but saw none. Just as I was about to leave, a Great Blue Heron was seen hunting in the stream. It was very slowly moving along the channel while intently watching the … Continue reading →

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Bear and fish

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Alistair

  The local Kokanee-salmon season is winding down now, but it is not yet entirely over. There are still a few fish here spawning and a few black bears feasting on them. Of course. getting a picture of a bear … Continue reading →

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Heron catches Kokanee

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Alistair

  In August and September, I often visit the Kokanee spawning channel in an attempt to photograph black bears catching and eating the Kokanee salmon. Yet, on only one previous occasion, have I seen a Great Blue Heron participate in … Continue reading →

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Bear, fish again

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Alistair

  Yesterday, I watched another black bear catch a Kokanee salmon to eat.  

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Bear, fish, reprise

Posted on September 5, 2026 by Alistair

  This is a repetition of yesterday’s posted image, plus a slightly earlier image which gives a little insight into the bear’s grip.  This is the previously posted image of a black bear taking a Kokanee salmon off to eat. … Continue reading →

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Bear catches fish

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Alistair

  Today, a black bear caught a Kokanee salmon to eat.  

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Bear and fish

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Alistair

  The spawning run of Kokanee salmon is rather small this year, as it often is every third year. Yet, if one watches with patience, one occasionally sees a foraging bear catch a fish.  A black bear hunts in the … Continue reading →

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Osprey, fish, beaver

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Alistair

  Last evening, I saw an osprey eating a fish, and then as the light failed, again the beaver. Then this morning, there was another osprey with a fish.  The evening’s shot of the osprey and fish has a curious … Continue reading →

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Osprey, fish & chick

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Alistair

  Three of us went early Sunday morning to watch a nearby Osprey nest. We were rewarded by seeing the male bring in a large fish, and the appearance of a chick.  The male Osprey delivers the first fish of … Continue reading →

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