[EBB Sightings] THEY'RE BACK!!

No otters at this time

Cal Walters
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On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Phila Rogers  wrote:

> Hello Birders:
> Five participants in the regular monthly Jewel Lake walk had the  
> pleasure of seeing four river otters cavorting in the lake.  This  
> may well be the "Gang of Four" that spent several days earlier at  
> Jewel Lake.  They may have shown up doing the night, as an early  
> morning walker reported them.  They don't appear to be feeding at  
> the moment -- simply enjoying themselves on this fine February  
> morning.  When they will leave or where they will go next is  
> anyone's guess, but the best possibility is that they may be coming  
> up from the EBMUD reservoirs over the hill. (In spite of their  
> aquatic preferences and short legs, they can walk long distances  
> overland).
> They were sharing the lake with five Hooded Mergansers, several male  
> and female buffleheads and one Green Heron standing on a log on the  
> far side of the lake near the otter haul-out spot.
> -- Phila Rogers
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