return of the otter
Nearly three years to the day after an otter was first spotted in our neighborhood pond, we had another otter (perhaps the same?) visiting for several hours on Saturday. Sue first informed me of its presence in the morning, and before long, the otter had many admirers, young and old.
It was s drizzly fall morning, but at one point (see photo) there were more than a dozen people around the pond admiring the visitor. S/he did not seem to mind, but kept right at work diving for delicacies, popping up to the surface, looking around, then diving some more.
Dori later provided some interesting otter facts — they can stay under water for up to 8 minutes at a time, and individuals can live up to 14 years in the wild. So, this may indeed have been the same otter who delighted us in the pond 3 years ago, a visit which led to the name now on our sign — Otter Pond.
