Category Archives: fish

Grebe and sculpin

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Alistair

Our local sculpin is a small (6-8 cm long) secretive fish that spends most of the daylight hours well camouflaged and motionless on the floor of the Lake, often within rocky hideouts. By such devices, it tries to avoid predatory … Continue reading →

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A big swallow

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Alistair

It is not just grizzlies, eagles, and ravens that enjoy a Kokanee for lunch in the fall. This California Gull swooped down and plucked a fish from the mouth of a creek flowing into Kootenay Lake. Two seconds later, and … Continue reading →

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Osprey gull kingfisher

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Alistair

One might think that, with a title like this, I would include a picture of a gull—I don’t. Yet the gull is part of the story. An adult (probably female) osprey packing a rather large fish stopped at a piling … Continue reading →

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Kokanee whimsey

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Alistair

It is September and locals arrive by the dozens—even hundreds. That is because the Kokanee arrive by the thousands—even tens of thousands. The streams and channels turn red with spawning fish. No September visit to this area is complete without … Continue reading →

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