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otterfamilyWent to Trinidad yesterday evening for the first time in a week. My dog loves our outings to the pier, so I went for him, mostly. I've also missed feeding my crows and Candy, the pier cat.
Anyway, there were 4 scats in the same spot on the northwest corner of the floating dock that weren't there last week. The scats were all small, and looked to be successive days old, probably from just one individual who is only passing through the harbor, not living here. None of the paths to the dens showed evidence of use, though the rubbing area at New Crag did show signs of recent activity. (Getting a good daily dirt bath may be what this individual is coming here for.) The only otter I ever saw use that rubbing spot was Chirper, so I'm betting the "visiting" otter is him.
You might think I'm worried about Slick, but I'm not. Reason being, he didn't show up here until the first week of June last year, so I suspect he's just doing the same thing now. If I had to guess, I'd say he's hanging around Nova, wherever she's gone (probably back to her birth area, wherever that was).
So I do think all 3 of the otters are OK, they just aren't here regularly anymore. I'll still come at least once a week to check things out, but until I see scat evidence that proves there is at least one otter in regular residence at the harbor, it's not worth coming more often than that.
Anyway, there were 4 scats in the same spot on the northwest corner of the floating dock that weren't there last week. The scats were all small, and looked to be successive days old, probably from just one individual who is only passing through the harbor, not living here. None of the paths to the dens showed evidence of use, though the rubbing area at New Crag did show signs of recent activity. (Getting a good daily dirt bath may be what this individual is coming here for.) The only otter I ever saw use that rubbing spot was Chirper, so I'm betting the "visiting" otter is him.
You might think I'm worried about Slick, but I'm not. Reason being, he didn't show up here until the first week of June last year, so I suspect he's just doing the same thing now. If I had to guess, I'd say he's hanging around Nova, wherever she's gone (probably back to her birth area, wherever that was).
So I do think all 3 of the otters are OK, they just aren't here regularly anymore. I'll still come at least once a week to check things out, but until I see scat evidence that proves there is at least one otter in regular residence at the harbor, it's not worth coming more often than that.
