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| Salmon - Marin County 2021 |
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| Salmon - Marin County 2021 |
"Adult coho in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed are approximately 24 inches long. They enter Tomales and begin the incredible metamorphosis of changing color and shape as they prepare to journey upstream. Males turn bright red and grow a hooked jaw, called a kype. Females are dark red without the hooked jaw. The female’s tail (caudal fin) often looks white, as scales are scraped off during nest digging and fungus begins to grow as their bodies decompose."
We parked in the Leo Cronin Salmon Viewing Area parking lot and walked down the dirt road in the rain. Recent heavy rainfall meant that the creek was pretty muddy. It took a while to spot them, but Hali eventually saw them darting back and forth!
I used an Olympus E-M1II and a 14-150mm zoom lens for these photos.
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| Lagunitas Creek - Marin County 2021 |
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