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Eagle, Osprey, fish
Most Bald Eagles are here year round and so they start breeding early. This one already has a family of three chicks. It feeds them largely on fish. However, the Osprey is a seasonal migrant and has recently arrived … Continue reading
Grizzly sow & cub
In the fall, bears eat a great deal in anticipation of spending the winter hibernating — well, they do not actually hibernate but have a somewhat lighter sleeping state called torpor. At a fish-bearing stream, bears will eat nearly … Continue reading
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Eagles
There is a roughly 40 km dirt road I sometimes take in October. On it I count the Bald Eagles that are seen. They are largely migrants come to catch and eat a few of the many Kokanee salmon … Continue reading
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Osprey and fish
In the last few days and in probably the last osprey shot of this year, I have twice seen an osprey packing a fish. Neither was as close or detailed as the earlier one, but were satisfactory none the … Continue reading
Sabine’s still here and
Last Saturday, we found a Sabine’s Gull at Kokanee Park. This bird was an unusual visit. Some birders made a trip to the park to see it on Monday. To our surprise, it was still there yesterday (just below … Continue reading
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Bear fishing
In the early hours of this morning, a small black bear visited a spawning creek. It was certainly not the first bear to visit, only the first I had seen. It tried fishing, but I did not see it … Continue reading
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Osprey captures
Ospreys eat fish. They dive into the lake and use their feet to catch a live fish. They capture ten or more fish a day for the period of five or six months that they are here. That is … Continue reading
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Heron and fish
A juvenile Great Blue Heron was observed in a pond alongside Kootenay Lake. It was hunting small fish. It caught three of them before flying to the other side. The heron would quietly stalk a fish. Upon a sighting, … Continue reading
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Osprey and Kokanee
This morning, I tried to get a shot of an osprey dragging a Kokanee out of the lake. I failed. But, this shot has to be a close second. A female Osprey flies off with a female Kokanee salmon. … Continue reading
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Dipper and fish
Dippers eat mostly aquatic insects and insect larvae. However, they will occasionally take other invertebrates, as well as small fish or fish eggs. For the longest time, I had only ever seen it eat juvenile fish (alevin and fry) … Continue reading