💦 Gigantic spawning of herring results in fertilized eggs on rocks and vegetation.
🐟 The timing of herring spawning is synchronized with the plankton bloom for newborn fish to have abundant food.
🦜 Millions of birds arrive to collect the eggs as a source of food.
🐟 Millions of herring eggs are washed up onto the shore, providing valuable energy for migrating birds and other animals.
🦅 Birds like Bonaparte gulls and surf scoters gather and feed on the herring eggs in large numbers.
🐻 Even bears take advantage of the abundant herring eggs, collecting them as a valuable food source.
🌊 The video explores the annual plankton bloom and its impact on the coastal ecosystem.
🐦 Migratory birds leave the coast after the plankton bloom and will return when the herring returns next year.