salmon jumping falls
 

I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4

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salmon jumping falls
 

rw wrote:
I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4


Here's another, somewhat longer video I uploaded, on a different topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUIhNmC-diI

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rw wrote:
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Here's another, somewhat longer video I uploaded, on a different topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUIhNmC-diI

That was cool.

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Ken Fortenberry

salmon jumping falls
 

rw wrote:
rw wrote:

I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4


Here's another, somewhat longer video I uploaded, on a different topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUIhNmC-diI



I've always thought that was an amazing video you shot.

Willi

salmon jumping falls
 

rw wrote:
rw wrote:
I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4


Here's another, somewhat longer video I uploaded, on a different topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUIhNmC-diI

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Very good. I think a Heron can swallow a football. There is a
hayfield around here that makes for good Heron watching when it's
mowed. I have seen them wolf down rats and snakes. Koi are another
of their favorites. People can't believe something is eating their 2
and 3 lb goldfish. Racoons get the blame until they see a heron in
action.

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rw wrote:
I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall on
the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4


Here's another, somewhat longer video I uploaded, on a different topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUIhNmC-diI

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Neat!
They are pretty incredible birds. Thanks for posting.
Bob

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I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall on
the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4

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It's great - what kind of camera did you use?
Bob

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Bob Patton wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall on
the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4

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It's great - what kind of camera did you use?

It was a Pentax, but I don't recall the model. I lent it to a close
friend, Jared Spear, who was into extreme sports -- rock climbing,
whitewater kayaking, and backcountry skiing and snow boarding. He was a
talented video artist but he couldn't afford a good camera.

Last July, Jared was a day late from a solo backcountry snow-boarding
trip to Castle Peak, near Stanley. A group of his friends (he had many)
went to look for him. I took climbing gear, a medical kit, and oxygen on
my horses. If you get into trouble in these mountains you'd better have
friends to depend on, because Custer County Rescue won't do ****:

http://tinyurl.com/pm7du

When we found him he was dead, with a broken back, a broken pelvis, and
a ruptured spleen. He'd crawled quite a ways. Tracing his trail back, we
found my video camera, all busted up, but still able to playback. The
last clip was of Jared's last run. The camera ran out of tape lying in
the snow. The last I heard of the camera Jared's parents had it.

The next day I left for the Western Clave. I don't have a video camera
any more.

I used that camera to make a tape of a previous Western Clave in
Gardiner, Montana, and I sent a copy to everyone who requested one. It
came out pretty good, if I do say so myself.

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salmon jumping falls
 

rw wrote:
I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4

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Thanks rw - I enjoyed the videos. I counted 7 salmon jumping at the
falls and only 1 successful jump - interesting. I once saw a Great Blue
Heron take a rodent across it's upper thorax. The little beastie was
still alive and gnawed away at the GBH's bill for all get out but in
moments the little bugger was afixiated.

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RalphH wrote:
rw wrote:

I uploaded to YouTube a short video of king salmon jumping Dagger Fall
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnxKgZJws4

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Thanks rw - I enjoyed the videos. I counted 7 salmon jumping at the
falls and only 1 successful jump - interesting.

I had about 15 minutes of video of salmon jumping -- scores of them --
but I edited it down to just a few. I especially like the one bouncing
off the rock. They have no idea of what they're jumping into. It was brutal.

The one that made it at the end of the video was the only one I saw that
made it.

BTW, they're doing it right now.

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