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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A pair of Rock Bass courting really close to the camera before they separate and the one continues to clear substrate from the nesting site at night

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass clearing large amounts of debris from a potential nesting site late at night

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass circling over a potential nesting site before courting another Rock Bass

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass attempting to bite the camera and covering the lens with its mouth late in the evening

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Footage of a pair of Rock Bass displaying courting behaviour and circling together very close to the camera in the evening

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass mouthing and tail slapping the camera before displaying courting behaviour with another Rock Bass in the evening

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass cleaning a potential nesting site with its mouth and tail, and displaying aggressions towards the lens of the Grand River camera in the afternoon

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass clearing away bottom substrate with its mouth several times and circling above the site to protect it from an intruding Smallmouth Bass

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass displaying territoriality and aggression towards the camera several times early in the morning

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Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A Rock Bass swimming in front of the camera and periodically moving substrate with its mouth; a Carp also feeds in front of the camera several times during the night