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The Struggle Goes On! This Chum Salmon, likely a male, is saving its energy for the next dash upstream to its birthplace. It and the rest of the many other chum will welcome the coming rain when Basil Creek will have more water and make their journey somewhat easier. Canada,Chum salmon,Fall,Geotagged,Oncorhynchus keto Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

The Struggle Goes On!

This Chum Salmon, likely a male, is saving its energy for the next dash upstream to its birthplace. It and the rest of the many other chum will welcome the coming rain when Basil Creek will have more water and make their journey somewhat easier.

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    Any bears around to trouble their journey? Posted 4 years ago
    1. View gary fast's profile
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      No, bears are infrequent visitors to Cortes Island. We may have one or two a year but as soon as the fruit is gone off the trees they are gone to who knows where? Other than gulls, ravens, crows and eagles the only wild mammal seen was a river otter. Posted 4 years ago
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    It's impressive that it can maneuver through such shallow water. Posted 4 years ago
    1. View gary fast's profile
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      Yes, it is. Fortunately there are some deeper spots where they can “catch their breath”. Posted 4 years ago

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The Chum salmon

The chum salmon is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is a Pacific salmon, and may also be known as dog salmon or keta salmon, and is often marketed under the name silverbrite salmon. The name chum salmon comes from the Chinook Jargon term "tzum", meaning "spotted" or "marked", while "keta" in the scientific name comes from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia via Russian.

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Uploaded Oct 31, 2020. Captured Oct 30, 2020 10:37 in Whaletown Rd, Squirrel Cove, BC V0P 1T0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkIII
  • f/9.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO1000
  • 12mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.