Saturday, October 13, 2007

Salmon on the Cedar


We saw hundreds of spawning, mostly red with some green, sockeye salmon and enjoyed a great tour of part of the Cedar River Watershed today. The sockeye with some white - that's usually caused by "battle scars," the tour guide told us.
Here's some info about sockeye salmon from Wikipedia:
A Sockeye can be as long as 33 inches and weigh 6 to 8 pounds. Its colouration changes as it migrates from saltwater to freshwater in preparation for spawning. In freshwater, its colour is bright red with a pale green head; females may have green and yellow marks or stains. Its colour in saltwater is bluish-green on top, silvery on the bottom, with uniform, shiny skin.

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