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fertilize the females, and the females batter their bodies as they dig redds in the gravel in preparation for egg-laying. when they are spent, their carcasses lie rotting along the riverbanks, providing food for scavenging birds and mammals, and cycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. in time, the eggs
gulls gather by the thousands, too, gorging on the spent fish. goldstream is well-known for a small-stream specialist, the american dipper (cinclus mexicanus). this dumpy little gray bird prefers fast moving streams, where it dips, swims, and even walks on the bottom, as it feeds on insects and salmon eggs...
http://britishcolumbia.com/things-to-do-and-see/wildlife-viewing/pacific-salmon-spawning/
fertilize the females, and the females batter their bodies as they dig redds in the gravel in preparation for egg-laying. when they are spent, their carcasses lie rotting along the riverbanks, providing food for scavenging birds and mammals, and cycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. in time, the eggs
gulls gather by the thousands, too, gorging on the spent fish. goldstream is well-known for a small-stream specialist, the american dipper (cinclus mexicanus). this dumpy little gray bird prefers fast moving streams, where it dips, swims, and even walks on the bottom, as it feeds on insects and salmon eggs...
https://britishcolumbia.com/things-to-do-and-see/wildlife-viewing/pacific-salmon-spawning/