Egg Thief

Beautiful colors.  The very shallow water over the rocks there makes me feel how cold it is. :)

That's some really interesting behavior you captured well here Jerry, I have never seen jays feeding on salmon eggs before.  The head looks a bit soft, I'm not sure if it's from movement, the crop or something else. 

Very cool, Jerry.  I should go check out some of the local spawning grounds.  Where did you take this?  Excellent dof showing the creek habitat well.

Dennis, this was taken on my recent trip to the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia.

I like this behavioral image of the Stellar Jay.  They do eat just about anything but I have never seen them go for salmon eggs.  Perhaps I'll get together with Dennis and we can go hang out during one of the salmon runs and see we can find out if they do that in our area.

Here's another image of the jays and the salmon eggs. What I observed was that the jays, while occasionally picking at the flesh, would almost exclusively seek out the eggs.

Interesting behavioral image, Perhaps a little dark as presented, but a difficult exposure to retain detail in the darks while taming those highlights in the water.

This is a story-telling image! Really interesting behaviour captured!

Very interesting natural history here Jerry. I like the dark lighting for the detail it preserved while controlling the water highlights. As others, this is new behavior to me. I like both shots you have posted.