Salmon eggs as food

American Dipper diving

American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) dives into a salmon stream in search of food that includes lost salmon eggs such as those seen in the foreground of this underwater photograph.

Dolly Varden Charr predate a Sockeye Salmon redd as the female works to cover it with stream sediment

Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) predate a Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) redd as the female works to cover it with stream sediment.

Rainbow Trout searching for eggs to eat

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) searching for eggs to eat while a female Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) probes her redd after spawning in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska

Rainbow Trout about to eat a loose egg as a female Chinook Salmon covers her redd

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) about to eat a loose egg as a female Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) covers her redd after spawning in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska.

Rainbow Trout predating a Chinook Salmon redd

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) predating a Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) redd as the female probes her redd in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska.

Predation action

A small sized Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma) nosing into gravel to feed on an egg as a female Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) makes a covering excavtion following spawning.

Glaucous-wing gull with salmon egg

Glaucous-wing gull (Larus glaucescens) with scavenged salmon egg in bill after scooping it from the stream.

American Dipper with Coho Salmon egg

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) wading with Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) egg in bill after scavenging it from the bottom of an Alaska USA stream during autumn

Steller's Jay with a Sockeye Salmon egg.

Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) with a Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) egg in a shallow Alaska stream. A decomposing spawned-out salmon is behind the jay.

Dolly Varden predating Sockeye Salmon eggs in a redd following spawning

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) predating Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) eggs in a redd following spawning. The parental salmon are unable to stop them. Underwater view during summer in an Alaska stream.

Dolly Varden predating Sockeye Salmon eggs in a redd following spawning

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) predating Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) eggs in a redd following spawning. The parental salmon are unable to stop them. Underwater view during summer in an Alaska stream.

Waiting for a meal

A Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) lurks beneath a Pink Salmon (O. gorbuscha) spawning pair antipating an easy meal of salmon eggs.

Pink Salmon egg ovivory by Coastal Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden

Ovivorous juveniie Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) and southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) searching for Pink Salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha) eggs imediately after spawning in an Alaska stream during the summer.

Cutthroat Trout feeding on Pink Salmon eggs

Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) feeding on Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) eggs while the female is in the process of covering the redd. Aspect Ratio = 2:3.

Pink Salmon egg ovivory by Coastal Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden

Ovivorous juveniie Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) and southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) searching for Pink Salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha) eggs imediately after spawning in an Alaska stream during the summer.

Pink salmon egg ovivory by Dolly Varden

An ovivorous juveniie southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) receives a shower of stream gravel from a female Pink Salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha) attempting to cover her redd while the alpha male stands by in an Alaska stream during the summer.

Pink salmon egg ovivory by Dolly Varden

Ovivorous juveniie southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) searching for Pink Salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha) eggs imediately after spawning in an Alaska stream during the summer.