{"id":29418,"date":"2020-08-26T15:39:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T22:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=29418"},"modified":"2020-08-26T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T22:39:20","slug":"predaters-and-scavengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=29418","title":{"rendered":"Predaters and scavengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kokanee salmon flow up local creeks to spawn. Predators and scavengers gather to gorge themselves. Some come to feast on the living fish; some come to feast upon carcasses. Although these pictures were taken where the birds were feeding at the mouth of a creek, the eating was not captured. However, some rather nice flight shots of these birds were.<\/p>\n<p>The osprey is a predator and specializes in catching live fish &#8212; it is the only bird in this collection that does not scavenge.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29420\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/osprey200822bs2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bald Eagle (this is a juvenile) is happy to feast on fish, either living or decayed. Here it is plummeting into the water to catch a live one. Alas, it was unsuccessful; the fish escaped.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29419\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/eagle200823s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ravens are both predators and active participants in the scavenging community. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29421\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/raven200823s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Great Blue Heron is happy to feast on either living or decaying fish. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29424\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/heron200823as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to scavenging corpses, the Turkey Vulture is pre-eminent. It is the only non-predator in this group; it avoids living fish.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29423\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/turkeyvulture200823bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My favourite shot of these events was of a Turkey Vulture flying away from me. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29425\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/turkeyvulture200823as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Kokanee salmon flow up local creeks to spawn. Predators and scavengers gather to gorge themselves. Some come to feast on the living fish; some come to feast upon carcasses. 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