Nov 13, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
This video shows the general sequence of coho salmon preparing to spawn. The captions indicate the various changes in behavior. Of interest is dispite hours and hours of taking underwater videos of coho salmon I never once captured the actual spawning act nor did I...
Nov 13, 2014 | Dolly Varden, Fish
This video shows a male Dolly Varden courting a female Dolly Varden in front of a GoPro camera. Part of their courtship involves vibrating themselves next to the female. The rest of the video shows the various creatures that feed on Dolly Varden. These images include...
Nov 12, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
This video shows the actual spawning act of chum salmon and part of the process of excavating the nest and covering the eggs. Salmon nests are typically called redds. The female salmon does all the work of preparing the redd for depositing her eggs. Her goal is to...
Nov 12, 2014 | Herons, Herring
Pacific Herring Spawning and Great Blue Heron Takes Advantage of It! from Bob Armstrong on Vimeo. These Pacific herring females were laying their eggs on mussels in Auke Bay, Juneau Alaska. Of interest is there did not seem to be any males taking part. This Great Blue...