Consumers of salmon

The return of salmon from the ocean to their natal habitat directly benefits many freshwater and terrestrial consumers.

Juvenile bald eagle foraging in a salmon stream.
Juvenile bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eagle foraging in a salmon stream.
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Alaska wild salmon Autumn Aves Bald Eagle Bird Chordata Haliaeetinae Haliaeetus leucocephalus Phylum Chordata Vertebrate chordate topside wild
Black bear
A black bear (Ursus americanus) eyes me in its foraging area, a salmon stream.
Alaska Alaska wild salmon Autumn Carnivora Class Mammalia Cordova Eutheria Eyak Lake Mammalia Phylum Chordata Prince William Sound South Central Alaska United States Ursidae Ursus americanus Vertebrate black bear topside wild
Grizzly in salmon stream
Grrizzly bear (Ursus arctos) looking for a meal of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alaskan spawning stream.
Actinopterygii Alaska wild salmon Carnivora Chordata Class Actinopterygii Class Mammalia Eutheria Infraclass Teleostei Mammalia Neopterygii Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Summer Teleost Teleostei Ursidae Ursus arctos Ursus arctos horribilis Vertebrate brown bear chordate grizzly bear nature topside underwaterphoto wild
Grizzly in salmon stream
Grrizzly bear (Ursus arctos) looking for a meal of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alaskan spawning stream.
Alaska wild salmon Carnivora Class Actinopterygii Class Mammalia Eutheria Infraclass Teleostei Mammalia Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Summer Teleost Ursidae Ursus arctos Ursus arctos horribilis Vertebrate brown bear grizzly bear nature topside underwaterphoto wild
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 Alaskan stream during autumn
Alaska wild salmon American Dipper Aves Bird Cinclidae Cinclus mexicanus Class Actinopterygii Coho Salmon Infraclass Teleostei Oncorhynchus kisutch Pacific salmon Passeriformes Phylum Chordata Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Silver Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Teleost Vertebrate Water Ouzel biosphere egg egg scavenging in situ naturalworld nature songbird topside underwater underwaterphoto wild wild salmon
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 salmon is behind the jay.
Alaska wild salmon Aves Bird Class Actinopterygii Corvidae Cyanocitta stelleri Infraclass Teleostei Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Passeriformes Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Steller's jay Subclass Neopterygii Summer Teleost Vertebrate egg nature songbird topside underwaterphoto wild
Lunch in sight: Bald Eagle next to salmon carcass
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) on lake shore next to Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) carcass while another swims by with fins protruding above the waters surface.
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Alaska Alaska wild salmon Aves Bald Eagle Bird Class Actinopterygii Cordova Eyak Lake Haliaeetinae Haliaeetus leucocephalus Infraclass Teleostei Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Chordata Prince William Sound Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon South Central Alaska Subclass Neopterygii Summer Teleost United States Vertebrate nature underwaterphoto wild
Glaucous-winged Gull dinning on a spawned-out male Sockeye Salmon
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucesens) dinning on a spawned-out male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) carcass.
Alaska wild salmon Aves Bird Charadriiformes Class Actinopterygii Glaucouswinged Gull Infraclass Teleostei Laridae Larus glaucescens Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Summer Teleost Vertebrate carcass nature underwaterphoto wild wild salmon
Grizzly Bear on the look-out for salmon
Grizzly (a.k.a. Brown) Bear (Ursus arctos) hunting salmon in a south-central Alaska spawning stream. There is an open wound just posterior of its right foreleg; most likely from another bear.
Alaska wild salmon Carnivora Class Mammalia Eutheria Mammalia Phylum Chordata Summer Ursidae Ursus arctos Ursus arctos horribilis Vertebrate brown bear topside wild
American Dipper with Sockeye salmon egg
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) with Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) egg in bill perched on willow (Salix sp.) over a salmon stream.
Alaska wild salmon American Dipper Angiosperm Aves Bird Cinclidae Cinclus mexicanus Class Actinopterygii Eudicot Infraclass Teleostei Kingdom Plantae Oncorhynchus nerka Order Malpighiales Pacific salmon Passeriformes Phylum Chordata Plant Red Salmon Salicaceae Salix sp.Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Spring Subclass Neopterygii Teleost Vertebrate Water Ouzel Willow dipper nature songbird topside underwaterphoto wild
Caddisfly larvae feeding on Sockeye Salmon carcass
Caddisfly larvae perched on a dorsal fin ray of the Sockeye Salmon carcass they are feeding on. Aspect ratio = 4:5.
Alaska wild salmon Arthropoda Class Actinopterygii Infraclass Teleostei Insect Invertebrate Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Arthropoda Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Sockeye Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Teleost Trichoptera Vertebrate arthropod biosphere caddisfly larvae carcass in situ marine life naturalworld nature salmon carcass underwater underwater photography underwaterphoto wild wild salmon
Coho Salmon fry feeding on Sockeye Salmon carcass
Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) fry feeding on Sockeye Salmon (O. nerka) carcass. Aspect ratio = 4:5.
Alaska wild salmon Arthropoda Class Actinopterygii Coho Salmon Infraclass Teleostei Insect Invertebrate Oncorhynchus kisutch Oncorhynchus nerka Pacific salmon Phylum Arthropoda Phylum Chordata Red Salmon Salmonidae Salmoniformes Salmoninae Seacam underwater housing Silver Salmon Sockeye Salmon Subclass Neopterygii Teleost Trichoptera Vertebrate arthropod biosphere caddisfly larvae carcass fry in situ marine life naturalworld nature salmon carcass underwater underwater photography underwaterphoto wild wild salmon