Today while feeding our two resident geese and a flock of mallards, two otters popped their heads up out of the water right where I was standing! It was amazing and they are so adorable. I think they were as surprised as I was because of course, that big dog was with me. She even had her head extended up and over the top of the fence desperately trying to eat the duck food. Huge rings spread out across the water every where as they popped. Sierra and I continued walking around the boardwalk and then on across the dam trying to see them. They outsmarted us though and we never got to see them again. Last year, three little otters were on the lake for about three days. They made little chirping and clicking sounds and ran up and down the hill on the far side of the lake. Then there would be a splash and into the water they dove. I am hopeful these two will stay for a few days and I will get to see them again!
Happy birdwatching, ya'all!
June
Hey June, we saw some very cute otters at the Seattle aquarium last week! Not quite the same as your encounter of course. Meike did see a 'real' otter last year in the river near our house: how cool is that? ;-)
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