Fall 2017 Chinook Salmon Run on Budd Inlet

Chinook salmon in Budd Inlet at Olympia's Fifth Avenue Bridge. The salmon will enter Capitol Lake via a dam on their way to the WDFW fish ladder and hatchery at Tumwater Falls Park

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0827 001 LH0A3003 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 003 LH0A3005 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 005 LH0A3016 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 006 LH0A3036 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 011 LH0A3138 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 013 LH0A3187 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 015 LH0A3196 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 018 LH0A3235 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 020 LH0A3257 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 023 LH0A3280 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
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0827 025 LH0A3288 Michele Burton Stream Team Thurston County Olympia Tumwater Lacey Chinook Salmon Migration Spawning Salmon Stewards 5th AVenue Bridge Viewing Adult
Harbor seals sharing a salmon caught during the Fall Chinook Run in Olympia, WA
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A hungry gull watches as a Harbor seal skins its freshly caught salmon during the Fall Chinook Run in Olympia, WA
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A gull watches as a Harbor seal warily guards its freshly caught salmon
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Everybody eats during the Fall Chinook run. Harbor seals and cormorants each enjoy the good eats. Like the gulls, the cormorant is hoping for some leftover scraps from the seal's supper.
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Three Harbor seals anticipate their next salmon feast during the Fall Chinook Run in Olympia.
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