Urban Otters (and birds)

Two Northern River Otters have been hanging out at Koll Center Wetlands in Beaverton, so I went out this morning to see them. Otters are always a treat, but it is especially nice to see them thriving in such an urban setting.

Here is one of the two otters munching on a fish. Check out those teeth.

After breakfast, it is time to wrestle,

and then wrestle some more.

Then they were off to find something else to do.

Good numbers of birds use this little wetland, as well. Here is a Northern Shoveler. How do they hold those massive bills up?

Two Killdeer feed within a flock of Long-billed Dowitchers. This flock flew off when a Cooper’s Hawk flew by.