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BRAVO Node 1 Archive

Archived Video Files of Fish Activity From NODE 1 - Grand River, Ontario, Canada.   

Biotactic Videography and Telemetry Lab  Biotactic Videography and Telemetry Lab  a summer evening on the Grand River near Doon, Kitchner Ontario  Biotactic crew installing the first prototype of the BRAVO node 1 camera

Fish activity has been filtered by our motion detection algorithms to highlight interesting details near the node.

EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS NODE BELOW...WE LOG AND STORE ALL DATA IN OUR COMPLETE ARCHIVE:

2005
July 31 2005 - terrestrial view
August 16 2005 - motion filtered - centrarchids/catostomids/cyprinids
August 16 2005 - motion filtered - juvenile smallmouth bass
August 17 2005- motion filtered - juvenile smallmouth bass and minnows
August 18 2005 - motion filtered - 0+ SMB, carp, rockbass
August 18 2005 - motion filtered - redhorse feeding, bass, carp
2006
January 27 2006 - motion filtered winter redhorse activity
February 6 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 10 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water  - redhorse suckers
February 12 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 12 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 14 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 15 2006 - winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
March 28 2006 - northern pike very briefly
March 30 2006 - beginning of shiner migration
April 3 2006 - golden redhorse, short clip
April 3 2006 - more redhorse activity, foraging behaviour
April 8 2006 - redhorse feeding up close
April 18 2006 - foraging redhorse sucker
April 29 2006 - sucker feeding
April 30 3006 - adult smallmouth bass, swimming behaviour
May 4 2006 - juvenile smallmouth bass, swimming activity
May 13 2006 - brown bullhead very briefly
May 29 2006 - smallmouth bass, rock bass, common carp, redhorse suckers
June 5 2006 - greater redhorse feeding, multiple fish, high turbidity
June 8 2006 - lens cleaning, juvenile smallmouth bass
June 8 2006 - greater redhorse, rock bass, smallmouth bass - good first half
June 8 2006 - smallmouth bass foraging
June 9 2006 - smallmouth bass, redhorse, white sucker, black crappie
June 18 2006 - white sucker following behaviour, smallmouth bass, carp, rock bass
June 19 2006 - white sucker following behaviour, smallmouth bass, rock bass, carp, redhorse
June 28 2006 - smallmouth bass foraging (resident fish)
August 2 2006 - smallmouth bass, lots of action downstream from Doon in  Kitchener, Ontario
September 6 2006 - Part 1: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
September 7 2006 - Part 2: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
September 7 2006 -  Part 3: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
September 7 2006 a - smallmouth bass, shiners, carp, suckers, sunfish, lots of activity
September 7 2006 b - smallmouth bass, sunfish schooling behaviour
September 8 2006 - smallmouth bass, sunfish, suckers, lots of activity and interaction
September 9 2006 - carp, smallmouth bass, sunfish, shiners, lots of  activity and interaction
September 10 2006 - shiners schooling
September 11 2006 - shiners schooling/migrating
September 12 2006 - smallmouth bass, sunfish, redhorse, interactions, foraging
September 14 2006 - white sucker, pumpkinseed sunfish, smallmouth bass foraging and interactions
September 15 2006 - carp, suckers, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, schooling behaviour
2007-ALL COLOR
April 21 2007 - nice northern pike, greater redhorse and black redhorse and white suckers
April 22 & 23 2007 - greater redhorse migration
April 24 & 25 2007 - white and northern hog suckers and black crappie
May 7 & 8 2007 - several smallmouth bass and greater redhorse sucker
May 8 & 9 2007 - smallmouth bass at night, facing downstream, resting and sleeping behaviour
May 11 & 12 2007 - smallmouth bass, carp and brown bullhead, foraging
May 26 2007 - smallmouth bass and greater redhorse, daytime activity
May 27 2007 - bullhead at night, rockbass, smallmouth bass and greater redhorse during the day
May 28 2007 - greater redhorse, smallmouth bass and a rockbass feeding
May 29 2007 - crayfish and rockbass at night
May 31 2007 - smallmouth, redhorse, and brown bullhead, activity including foraging/searching
June 11 2007 - night footage of smallmouth bass foraging and rockbass interactions
June 12 2007 - smallmouth bass, rockbass and greater redhorse action video
June 14 2007 - daytime and night footage of rockbass and smallmouth bass foraging with a bit of carp
June 18 2007 - smallmouth bass foraging in the Grand River
June 21 2007 - rockbass, foraging behaviour in the Grand River downstream from the Doon Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kitchener, Ontario
June 24 2007 - rockbass and smallmouth bass, good daytime and night-time interaction footage
July 1a 2007 - rockbass interaction at night, plus catfish chased by rockbass
July 1b 2007 - rockbass interaction in the daylight, very interesting, possibly courtship/mating
July 1c 2007 - crayfish defending against rockbass, great action
July 2 2007 - interaction between smallmouth bass and rockbass, including territorial behaviour
July 3 2007 - sucker and catfish feeding at night, rockbass and night, smallmouth in daylight
July 7 2007 - good shots of redhorse. smallmouth bass and rockbass during night and daylight, great quality
July 8 2007 - more redhorse, smallmouth bass and rockbass, nice colour and footage
July 9 2007 - more redhorse, smallmouth bass and rockbass action, good interaction between smallmouth bass
July 10 2007 - great smallmouth bass and greater redhorse clips, carp and smallmouth at night
July 11 2007 - suckers, smallmouth and rockbass.  Interesting night interactions.
July 17 2007 - suckers, smallmouth bass and rockbass, nighttime and daytime action
July 18 2007 - suckers, smallmouth and rockbass interactions and foraging behaviour day and night
July 19 2007 -  suckers, rockbass and smallmouth bass day and night
July 20 2007 -  carp and crayfish at night, rockbass and smallmouth bass  interacting day and night
July 21 2007 - inter and intra specific interaction between rockbass, smallmouth bass, and white suckers
July 23 2007 - suckers feeding at night, smallmouth bass and rockbass activity at night
July 30 2007 - smallmouth interacting during the day, a very large smallmouth bass at night
July 31 2007 - carp, rockbass and smallmouth at night, large smallmouth and other species diurnally
Aug 4 2007 - rockbass, smallmouth bass and white suckers at night with crayfish
Aug 5 2007 - white suckers and rockbass at night, smallmouth bass and crayfish during the day
Aug 7 2007 - large smallmouth facing downstream resting at night, several smaller ones during the day
Aug 8 2007 - several rockbass during the night until larger smallmouth dominates
Aug 10 2007 - wavyrayed lamp mussel and smallmouth bass, mussel movement out of field of view downstream for Doon Sewage Treatment Plant
Aug 10 2007 - several smallmouth and rockbass interacting during the day
Aug 26 2007 - bullhead catfish briefly at night, foraging behaviour/behavior
Aug 27 2007 -smallmouth bass and crayfish competing for the space
Aug 28 2007 - crayfish defending against smallmouth bass, quick appearance by a stonecat at night
Aug 29 2007 -  several smallmouth bass, rockbass and crayfish daytime foraging activity
Aug 30 2007 - venomous stonecat at night briefly, foraging/searching
Aug 31 2007 - crayfish guarding/defending territory from a smallmouth bass at night, stonecat
Sept 5 2007 - stonecat and crayfish foraging/searching at night
Sept 7 2007 - great night footage of a stonecat foraging/searching
Sept 9 2007  - smallmouth bass facing downstream resting at night disrupted by a foraging stonecat
Sept 11 2007 - smallmouth bass, stonecat and crayfish at night, all foraging/searching
Sept 15 2007 - night and daytime smallmouth bass activity, bass holding position to rest or guard territory
Sept 16 2007 - smallmouth bass searching/foraging and staking out territory
Sept 17 2007 - Part I - typical nighttime activity of a smallmouth bass, crayfish momentarily, sped up 5x,
Sept 17 2007- Part II - smallmouth bass sleeping downstream and appears to be resting, crayfish briefly, sped up 5x
Sept 18 2007 - smallmouth bass and stonecat at night foraging/searching for food
Sept 19 2007 - greenside darter, and a smallmouth bass foraging/searching
Sept 20 2007 -  stonecat foraging and smallmouth bass facing downstream resting
Sept 21 2007 -  darter swims by briefly at night, slowed down to 1/4  realtime
Sept 22 2007 - greenside darter exploratory behaviour, played at 1/4 of original speed
Sept 24 2007a -  smallmouth bass and a bullhead facing downstream and resting at night
Sept 24 2007b - great footage of a greenside darter foraging/searching behaviour
Sept 27 2007 - juvenile smallmouth bass holding position, darter foraging and wavyrayed lampmussel
Sept 29 2007 - greenside darter and smallmouth bass searching/foraging behaviour, mussel in view
Sept 30 2007 -smallmouth bass at night, facing downstream resting, crayfish briefly chases bass
Oct 01 2007 - greenside darter searching behaviour and smallmouth bass holding position, sped up
Nov 08 2007 - juvenile black redhorse at night, schooling behaviour
Nov 18 2007 -  rockbass facing downstream, resting and bullhead briefly swims by at night
Nov 20 2007 -  white sucker at night and day, swim by camera briefly
Nov 27 2007 - shiners and catfish swimming actively at night

 

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