Consumers of salmon
Juvenile bald eagle foraging in a salmon stream.
Juvenile bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eagle foraging in a salmon stream.
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalAutumnBald EagleBiologyBirdChordataClass AvesHaliaeetinaeHaliaeetus leucocephalusPhylum ChordataSouth Central AlaskaUnited StatesVertebratebiologicalchordatelivingorganismstreamtopsidewild
Black bear
A black bear (Ursus americanus) eyes me in its foraging area, a salmon stream.
AlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalAutumnBiologyChordataClade EutheriaClass MammaliaCordovaEyak LakeOrder CarnivoraPhylum ChordataPrince William SoundSouth Central AlaskaUnited StatesUrsidaeUrsus americanusVertebratebiologicalblack bearchordatelivingmammalorganismtopsidewild
Grizzly in salmon stream
Grrizzly bear (Ursus arctos) looking for a meal of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alaskan spawning stream.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalBiologyChordataClade EutheriaClass ActinopterygiiClass MammaliaInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaOrder CarnivoraPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiisummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesUrsidaeUrsus arctosUrsus arctos horribilisVertebratebiologicalbrown bearchordategrizzly bearlivingmammalnatureorganismstreamtopsideunderwaterphotowild
Grizzly in salmon stream
Grrizzly bear (Ursus arctos) looking for a meal of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alaskan spawning stream.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalBiologyChordataClade EutheriaClass ActinopterygiiClass MammaliaInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaOrder CarnivoraPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesUrsidaeUrsus arctosUrsus arctos horribilisVertebratebiologicalbrown bearchordategrizzly bearlivingmammalnatureorganismstreamtopsideunderwaterphotowild
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.
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalBald EagleBiologyBirdChordataClass ActinopterygiiClass AvesCordovaEyak LakeHaliaeetinaeHaliaeetus leucocephalusInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataPrince William SoundRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiologicalchordatelivingnatureorganismstreamunderwaterphotowild
Glaucous-winged Gull dining on a spawned-out male Sockeye Salmon
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucesens) dining on a spawned-out male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) carcass.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalBiologyBirdCharadriiformesChordataClass ActinopterygiiClass AvesEcologyGlaucouswinged GullInfraclass TeleosteiLaridaeLarus glaucescensNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebrateanadromousanadromybiologicalcarcasschordatediadromousdiadromyfresh watergulllivingloticmigratorynatureorganismsemelparitysemelparousstreamunderwaterphotowildwild 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.
AlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalBiologyChordataClade EutheriaClass MammaliaOrder CarnivoraPhylum ChordataSouth Central AlaskaSummerUnited StatesUrsidaeUrsus arctosUrsus arctos horribilisVertebratebiologicalbrown bearchordategrizzly bearlivingmammalorganismstreamtopsidewild
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.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAmerican DipperAngiospermAnimalBiologyBirdChordataCinclidaeCinclus mexicanusClass ActinopterygiiClass AvesEudicotInfraclass TeleosteiKingdom PlantaeNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaOrder MalpighialesPacific salmonPasseriformesPhylum ChordataPlantRed SalmonSalicaceaeSalix sp.SalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebrateWater OuzelWillowbiologicalchordatedipperlivingnatureorganismsalmon habitatsongbirdstreamtopsideunderwaterphotowild
Caddisfly larvae feeding on sockeye salmon carcass
Caddisfly (Limnephilidae) larvae perched on a dorsal fin ray of the Sockeye Salmon carcass they are feeding on. Additional indivuals at the right edge of the frame. Photographed by hand-holding an underwater housing just below the surface while kneeling in the water with waders. Located in Power Creek, near Cordova, Alaska.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalArthropodaBiologyChordataClass ActinopterygiiEcologyInfraclass TeleosteiInsectInvertebrateNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ArthropodaPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiTrichopteraUnited StatesVertebrateWPY2022anadromousanadromyarthropodbiologicalbiospherecaddisfly larvaecarcasschordatediadromousdiadromyfresh waterfreshwaterin situinsect behaviourlivingloticmarine lifemigratorynaturalworldnatureorganismsalmon carcasssemelparitysemelparousstreamunder fresh waterunderwaterunderwater photographyunderwaterphotowildwild 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.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonAnimalArthropodaBiologyChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonEcologyInfraclass TeleosteiInsectInvertebrateNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ArthropodaPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiTrichopteraUnited StatesVertebrateanadromousanadromous fishanadromyarthropodbiologicalbiospherecaddisfly larvaecarcasschordatediadromousdiadromyfresh waterfreshwaterfryin situlivingloticmarine lifemigratorynaturalworldnatureorganismsalmon carcasssearunsemelparitysemelparousstreamunder fresh waterunderwaterunderwater photographyunderwaterphotowildwild salmon