Pink Salmon with…
...grizzly bear in tow! This is a follow on to the post ‘Ready for Bed’ from a few years ago and as you can see, this unfortunate fish had been…
Sockeye Bear
I was fortunate to be able to visit the home territory in British Columbia of this young grizzly bear, his sibling and his mum a couple of times and on…
It’s That Time Again!
It’s that time again! The time of year when the Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) are returning to the BC coast in numbers. Not necessarily the great swarms of fish from…
A Lucky Catch?
Unlike Friday’s black bear, this young female grizzly bear didn’t come up empty when she went fishing on a river here on the BC coast a week or so back.…
Chum Salmon – Spawning Phase
Here on the BC coast it’s that time of year once again - the time of year when all the salmon are returning to find the rivers of their birth…
Eagle and Salmon
Here is a recent eagle shot - this time a juvenile bald eagle which I spotted flying along a river here on the BC coast whilst it was trying to…
Hungry Bear
A hungry male grizzly bear gets tucked in to a female pink salmon he's managed to catch himself. When I first saw this guy he didn't look in such a…
Sockeye Leftovers
A couple of friends and I arrived at this creek just as it was getting light one morning last fall. The first thing I noticed was the headless salmon carcass lying…
Mallard Duck and Salmon
I was amazed on my recent field trip to find this female Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) feeding on sockeye salmon on a BC creek. This was the first time I had…
Feeding the Forest
Here is a shot of a black bear on the coast with a headless salmon carcass. Looking at this picture I recall many stories of how the salmon feed the…
Sockeye Salmon 2
Here is a shot of a male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) taken in the fall in northern BC fighting its way upstream to spawn. The name 'Sockeye' is derived from the First…
Fishing Spirit
Click to Enlarge Image Here is a shot from last fall on the BC coast - a spirit bear (Ursus Americanus kermodai) hot on the tail of a pink salmon.…
Sockeye Salmon
There are five species of salmon native to the BC coast, pink, chum, coho, sockeye and chinook (plus steelhead; an oceangoing trout). They all in turn can also have several…