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<div class="rteDiv"></div><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#454545;padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; line-height:23px"><span style="font-size: 13px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma;">Yesterday (</span><a href="http://12.31.0.22/" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: http://12.31.22" target="_blank" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(23, 114, 198) !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">12.31.22</a><span style="font-size: 13px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma;">) six River Otters hunted and played in the chain-link pond at the intersection of Frager Rd and S 204th St in Kent. Taking video thru the chain-link was a challenge, and the results fall short of spectacular, but I'll share some of them anyway.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><div>At one point. 3 HOODED MERGANSERS bolted from the far end of the pond and landed in the water at the near edge, close to me. I don't usually get very close to Hooded Mergansers, but I believe they didn't want to leave the pond, and they were more concerned with the otters than they were with me. You can see in the videos that they chose a location where they could monitor the otters and not get taken from below. </div><div>5 otter videos & 2 merganser videos: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/138163614@N02/7QLVo4E0Nq" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: https://www.flickr.com/gp/138163614@N02/7QLVo4E0Nq" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 114, 198) !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>Some may not believe that an otter would take a duck. On <a href="http://10.18.0.19/" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: http://10.18.19" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 114, 198) !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">10.18.19</a> at Fir Island in Skagit County I observed a River Otter enter the water and swim toward an injured Snow Goose. After a struggle of a few minutes, the otter subdued the goose.</div><div>2 videos: </div></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hxn8HC" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: https://flic.kr/p/2hxn8HC" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 114, 198) !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">https://flic.kr/p/2hxn8HC</a></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br>
</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Marv Breece</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Tukwila, WA</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><a title="Send a message to marvbreece@q.com" target="_top" style="color: rgb(23, 114, 198) !important;">marvbreece@q.com</a></div>
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