Saturday, November 24, 2012
Coho getting busy at Leo Cronin
Beautiful day on the creek as the coho get serious. There are now two redds at Leo Cronin on the way to the dam.
There's still plenty of action at the redd we first observed last Tuesday (just opposite the big silver culvert where Dog Creek comes into Lagunitas Creek). A very fresh looking female was attended today by two adult males and at least one jack (precocious male). Lots of scuffling and jockeying for position.
And a second redd was just being started in the rapids (!!!!) just above the parking lot, about two feet downstream of a blue ribbon. This redd always amazes me -- it seems like a terrible place to choose. But the fish keep picking it, so......
Plus a gorgeous blue kingfisher patrolling. Thanks to David, Michelle and Ryan for pointing out the new redd!
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In addition to seeing two females and two males today, we noticed a pile of animal bones on the creek bank just to the north of the wooden footbridge (near the dam) at the Leo Cronin site. Any idea what this is and what happened?
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ReplyDeleteI just noticed those bones the other day myself. Looks like a deer carcass. I have no idea if it was predated by a human being, an animal, or perhaps died naturally... Candace
And a few days ago, a new naturalist told me that another observer felt the femurs were too large for a deer. I thought I saw a hoof, but maybe not. The mystery continues.....
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