In our neck of the woods, it's Salmon country. The Pacific Northwest (PNW) has abundant rivers, streams and water ways most of them draining into the Columbia River and out to the Pacific Ocean. On a recent trip to Mt Saint Helens, we stopped at a fish hatchery. Outside the hatchery we saw these Coho Salmon coming up stream, trying to get over the spill way and into the hatchery waters, the likely place of their birth. On that particular day the gate to the hatchery was closed, so all these fish were backed up at the headwaters. These particular ones range about 12-18 inches long. We were astonished at the sheer number of fish. Hope you enjoy seeing just a portion of their journey in the pictures we took that day. (You might need to look closely to see the red in the water or maybe enlarge the photos to see the fish.)
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| Waiting for the gate to open |
This bright red spawning color is another to add
to our autumn palettes, don't ya think!?
15 comments:
How bizarre to see all the salmon together like that! And a good colour inspiration for sure!
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Sarah
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Hi Linda, I'm Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com) visiting from the Monday Mantras Link Up.
How cool! I've never seen pictures of salmon swimming upstream. At least, not on something that was not like a nature documentary or something.
Anyway, it’s nice to "meet" you. I hope you can pop over to my blog and say hi sometime if you get the chance.
How interesting! I've never seen photos of that before, much less seen it in person. Thanks for sharing.
Wow - pretty crazy! Nothing like that in my desert corner of the world!
That's quite a sight! We haven't seen any salmon in the rivers like that but I'd love to!
Salmon are such determined creatures! The red in the water makes for a beautiful fall color!
Wow, that's amazing! Something I'd love to see myself someday.
Oh wow! They look so bright
Wow! the color is amazing! Thanks for sharing, that would be so cool to get to see.
I did not know Salmon were that red....or is it just when they are spawning? Whatever it is, the picture is spectacular!
This is one of my favorite colors any time of the year! Thanks for sharing more beauty from the Pacific Northwest!!
Love seeing salmon make that trip! great photos.
Aren't those salmon bright and beautiful? They look almost like goldfish/koi.
Amazing pictures of the salmon!!!
I hope you're having a good trip & to see you back in blog-land when you return.
fascinating! How cool to see this in person!
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