Nimbus Fish Hatchery to Fair Oaks Bridge on American River Parkway -
Photos by David Wood and Paula Mallia


pause on th trail
A pause on the trail



group
We had a pretty sizeable group



american river
The American River



salmon
A glimpse of salmon headed upstream

gulls & ssalmom
Gulls watching the salmon


buzzards and salmon
Buzzards keeping track of the salmon


buzzards
Buzzards resting in tree






Fair Oaks bridge
Some of our group on the Fair Oaks pedestrian bridge


young salmon
Young salmon (parr) in maturing at the hatchery





jumping at pipe
The instinct to swim upstream drives the salmon to try and enter the water inlet pipe in the holding tank