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07-30-2008, 08:53 AM
These serrations appear to be used for gripping and puncturing, not cutting, by this eel photographed at the viewing window under Bonneville Dam (the final downstream dam on this mighty river), Washington State side, on the Columbia River.
Eel mouth, close up:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P112070a1.jpg
Eel mouth, not so close up:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120701.jpg
sidebar: I had to use a kerchief to clean off the glass but still couldn't get a really clear photo of this critter with flash or no flash. What I really wanted to photo was the run of Sockeyes but no candidates presented themselves while I was present yesterday. Also, an armed guard questioned me and inspected our car's trunk prior to circuitous admittance to this federal facility.
Also, there is a trick to actually seeing the fish swim up the fish ladder. The last rise, about one foot high, to the highest level of the ladder, is clear (no white water) so you can see the fish swim over this last hurdle and sometimes breach the surface in doing so. Although, you may see some fish swimming in the white water of rest of the fish ladder, this one viewing spot is a sure thing. I wonder if the fish thinks there is another step at this point when they breach the surface at the top of this last step.
Salmon:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120682.jpg
Bonneville Dam:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120631.jpg
Osprey (AKA Fish Hawk) flying above discharge:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120566.jpg
Osprey with live fish flying near high-power lines, at distance, soon to persued by other Osprey in aerial combat up and down the river for posession of the fish:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120625.jpg
Beacon Rock, billed as the 2nd biggest monolith in the world, near the dam, stairway with handrails to the top, something under 900 ft vertical rise, a real nice hike (three other hikes nearby: Munra Point, Table Mt. and Hamilton Mt.):
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120820.jpg
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Eel mouth, close up:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P112070a1.jpg
Eel mouth, not so close up:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120701.jpg
sidebar: I had to use a kerchief to clean off the glass but still couldn't get a really clear photo of this critter with flash or no flash. What I really wanted to photo was the run of Sockeyes but no candidates presented themselves while I was present yesterday. Also, an armed guard questioned me and inspected our car's trunk prior to circuitous admittance to this federal facility.
Also, there is a trick to actually seeing the fish swim up the fish ladder. The last rise, about one foot high, to the highest level of the ladder, is clear (no white water) so you can see the fish swim over this last hurdle and sometimes breach the surface in doing so. Although, you may see some fish swimming in the white water of rest of the fish ladder, this one viewing spot is a sure thing. I wonder if the fish thinks there is another step at this point when they breach the surface at the top of this last step.
Salmon:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120682.jpg
Bonneville Dam:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120631.jpg
Osprey (AKA Fish Hawk) flying above discharge:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120566.jpg
Osprey with live fish flying near high-power lines, at distance, soon to persued by other Osprey in aerial combat up and down the river for posession of the fish:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120625.jpg
Beacon Rock, billed as the 2nd biggest monolith in the world, near the dam, stairway with handrails to the top, something under 900 ft vertical rise, a real nice hike (three other hikes nearby: Munra Point, Table Mt. and Hamilton Mt.):
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/P1120820.jpg
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