Dec 16, 2014 | Dolly Varden, Salmon
juvenile fish living in Alaska’s streams often concentrate together in ice-free areas during winter this is interesting because at other seasons they are highly territorial spring-fed areas in some streams may be critical to the overwinter survival of these fish...
Nov 13, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
There are many connections in nature with salmon. This video on Salmon and Blow Flies documents a few of them. Without any captions or narration to help — try to think about some of these connections and their possible benefits. Also look at this video by Deep...
Nov 13, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
Note: this video on Salmon and Blow Flies in Alaska has narration with it and will be easier to see the various connections. You can also go to Natural Connections in Alaska And look at the information on pages 48 and 49 to get some more ideas. Salmon and Blow Flies...
Nov 13, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
Often the first coho salmon to return to Alaska’s streams are the males. This video shows several males waiting for the females to arrive. If you want to know more about our salmon and wonder where they go in winter check out Salmon in Winter by Bob Armstrong...
Nov 13, 2014 | Mammals, Salmon
This video shows both male and female Sockeye Salmon in an Alaskan stream getting ready to spawn. How can you tell the females from the males? Think about how you can tell an adult Sockeye Salmon from an adult Coho Salmon. You can look at the video on coho and try to...
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...