Chum Salmon spawning in Byrne Creek in Burnaby, BC.
In the middle photo you can see a female flipping sideways to dig a nest (redd) in the gravel into which she’ll deposit her eggs. Other photo shows male shadowing, ready to contribute his milt.
Yumi retreiving a dead chum for processing. Streamkeepers have training and permission from DFO to process dead salmon for species, size, sex, spawning status, and anything else notable or distinct about each fish.
NOTE: It is illegal to interfere with spawning salmon. It is illegal to handle them, or remove them. Unfortunately not all people understand this, so please share this message. Thank you!
Got out to take some photos and videos of the Chum salmon that volunteers have been spotting in the lower ravine area of Byrne Creek.
In this video there are at least two females digging redds (nests in the gravel/cobble) and several males hoping to add their milt to the process after the females release their eggs. . .
The females flip sideways and use their tails to scoop a depression to deposit their eggs into.
And a photo of a female Chum turning sideways to dig a nest (redd) in the gravel and cobble with her tail. She’ll eventually deposit her eggs in the depression that she is making. There were a couple of males keeping close tabs on her, to scoot in and fertilize the eggs.
A FB memory post popped up in my feed tonight from October 20, 2018:
Choco the Cat, who was a fiercely independant gal, increasingly sought our comfort in her ending days. She was always a cuddler, but on her terms.
Here we are watching a football game, and I had the sound turned down to zero so as not to bother her. I cuddled her like this for the entire game. . . .
Choco crossed the bridge a few months after this photo. Seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. She was always such a feisty, take-no-guff girl, until illness and age slowed her down.
It took us many months before we were ready to adopt another kitty from the BCSPCA.
And for many years now, Sora has filled our hearts with love and joy.
But Choco, as all pets-companions, will always have her special place in our hearts.
Some mediocre photos at extreme range of salmon jumping in the Nicomekl River in south Surrey, BC, this morning. Perhaps chinook as they looked impressively large. . .
Saw this beauty come soaring over the field on the west side of Byrne Road at Foreshore Park in #Burnaby, BC. Then about half an hour later on the return leg of my ramble I came across it, or another Red-tailed Hawk perched in a tree.
