WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Otter gone fishing

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Thanks to Carl Furfaro for the photos of a River Otter on the beach at Lincoln Park this morning, enjoying a breakfast of fish. This gives us the opportunity to remind you of two things: One, yes, what you see here in and near West Seattle waters are River Otters, not Sea Otters, which are more common in the open ocean. Two, you might see a River Otter crossing a local street – especially streets by the water, like Alki Avenue – to get to an inland den, so while driving, be watchful for wildlife as well as people. This one, however, headed back into Puget Sound, perhaps for a second course:

P.S. Carl has a website with photos of other local wildlife – see them here.

Jaye May 8, 2022 (6:56 pm)

Third, and especially important (sorry for having to mention this again): Dogs, whether leashed or loose, are NOT allowed on the beaches at Lincoln Park or Alki. They are a threat to wildlife – it’s just their nature to chase (and relieve themselves wherever they please). I love dogs; it’s the deliberately oblivious humans that concern me.

Carl A. Furfaro May 8, 2022 (8:57 pm)

Thank you for driving traffic to my otherwise pretty obscure site. Happy to share some pix and will do so again very soon. And a disclaimer for anyone who doesn’t quickly find the one on my site: I don’t really believe every bird I see is a robotic surveillance drone, but I think the Birds Aren’t Real movement is a lot of fun, and a wonderfully creative opportunity/means to fight misinformation with misinformation. If it sounds interesting and you haven’t yet heard of it, you should maybe research Birds Aren’t Real.

Just wondering May 8, 2022 (9:10 pm)

Somewhere I just read that a River Otter had been seen on the Detroit River for the first time in 100 years. Pretty cool!!!!

Carl Furfaro May 9, 2022 (6:59 am)

That’s so cool! Found a story about it on CNN. Yesterday I was telling someone about the Whale Alert app, which shows sightings of marine mammals all over the USA. Each documented sighting features what species and number of individuals seen. Recently I happened to see a southern California sighting of Long-beaked Common Dolphins and the number was 1000. I thought, either that’s a typo or that must have looked amazing. Googled it last night: NOT a typo. Pretty rare to see quite that many grouped together (more typically 50 to 400), but it happens. There’s video.
- Birds are real May 9, 2022 (10:19 am)
  
  Maybe the dolphins are organizing to save the birds.

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