All posts by Paul Cipywnyk

Nature, Photography, Streamkeeping

Chum, Coho, Other Wildlife on Byrne Creek

Spotted a few chum and coho salmon on our patrol looking for spawning salmon on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby today. Also few other birds and beasts.

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Chum salmon

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Small coho jack

NOTE: It’s illegal to interfere with spawning salmon. Streamkeepers have training and permission to monitor returning salmon, and assess them for species, sex, size, and spawning status after they die.

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Downy Woodpecker

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Nature, Photography, Streamkeeping

Super Spawner Patrol Finds Coho, Chum on Byrne Creek

Super spawner patrol on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, today. A total of 17 spawners seen. Great to see chum moving upstream into the lower ravine!

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Above two coho salmon

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This, and below, chum salmon

NOTE: It’s illegal to interfere with spawning salmon. Streamkeepers have training and permission to monitor returning salmon, and assess them for species, sex, size, and spawning status after they die.

Nature, Photography, Streamkeeping

Barred Owl, Pileated Woodpecker, Chum on Byrne Creek

Great to see a Barred Owl and a Pileated Woodpecker on our patrol for spawning salmon on Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby.

It was also fun showing a new volunteer where and how we patrol for spawning salmon. We assessed one female chum that was fully spawned, and saw a couple of live chum.

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The female chum was completely spawned out with almost no eggs left. That’s wonderful to see!

NOTE: It’s illegal to interfere with spawning salmon. Streamkeepers have training and permission to monitor returning salmon, and assess them for species, sex, size, and spawning status after they die.