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Win some …
The spawning season for kokanee brings out both predators and cameras. This combination increases the chances of capturing interesting scenes. Yesterday’s walk recorded winners and losers among the predators and some rather satisfying images. A Common Merganser chasing a fish produces an impressive burst of speed — … Continue reading
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Kingfisher’s fish
I am used to seeing kingfishers hunt from pilings. This one is a juvenile. It seeks minnows and fry such as these shown a week ago Having spotted something, the bird dives. Carrying a minnow, it picks a piling … Continue reading
Fish fete
When humans, bears and ospreys gather to watch the same thing, you know that the kokanee are spawning again. The objects of all the interest are spawning kokanee, the speckled, red and green, landlocked sockeye salmon that take over local creeks. … Continue reading
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Minnows and fry
These may be the most plentiful fish caught for sport in Kootenay Lake. That is just a speculation as I am neither fisherman nor ichthyologist. Nevertheless, small children wading in the shallows catch copious quantities in buckets and fishermen … Continue reading
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Photobombing fish
Photobombing is a comparatively recent term used to describe a sudden and unexpected addition to a picture. The object of my picture had been a duck in the centre of the frame, but far to one side a fish jumped. This … Continue reading
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Avianimosity
There is no love lost between ospreys and eagles, so when one encounters a scene of mutual animosity, it isn’t always clear what was the immediate cause of the confrontation. Indeed, the first sighting was confusing for it looked as if two … Continue reading
September goulash
This is an end-of-the-month collection of images, none of which rated a posting on its own. Sub-adult Bald Eagle Not all Kokanee Salmon spawn in creeks and rivers. Some, such as these, spawn along the shore of the Lake. … Continue reading
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Merganser retard
The Common Merganser predominantly eats fish, which it catches live, brings to the surface, and swallows whole (see merganser stuffing). Chicks start by catching insects but switch to fish after a few weeks. By the time they become juveniles, … Continue reading
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Happy herons
The Kokanee salmon are spawning and everyone is happy. Tourists come to watch and others come to feed: ravens, gulls, eagles, vultures, ospreys, otters, bears, mallards, mergansers, rainbow trout, and (the focus of this posting), herons. There are perhaps … Continue reading
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Osprey & fish
Not Kokanee: a few correspondents challenged my identification of the fish as a Kokanee. It is now confirmed to be a sucker. For many years, I have wanted to capture a sequence showing an osprey plunging into the Lake … Continue reading
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