tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851170521230214809.post7182284680912866960..comments2023-12-23T05:25:39.261-08:00Comments on On San Juan Island: Week 2: Marine Naturalist TrainingPeggy Sue McRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824234243171682230noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851170521230214809.post-77148414137562700732008-04-08T10:18:00.000-07:002008-04-08T10:18:00.000-07:00Anita,Thanks, now I know that yours would be a Riv...Anita,<BR/><BR/>Thanks, now I know that yours would be a River Otter because a Sea Otter would not be on land or fresh water. Sea Otters are more rare and seen off the West Side and River Otter prefer a diet of fish, hence that was very kind of you to supply them with bass.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for pointing out that yes, we do have fresh water systems if not actual rivers on San Juan Island. We have little creeks or streams, some that dry up in the summer. There is at least one feeding Trout lake, one on the Labs property, one that comes out at Deadmans Bay and one at Fish Creek at Cape San Juan.Peggy Sue McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824234243171682230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851170521230214809.post-68649896713083635972008-04-08T09:44:00.000-07:002008-04-08T09:44:00.000-07:00It's not really a river, but we do have a stream t...It's not really a river, but we do have a stream that is frequently visited by at least river otter. I've seen the otter scurry acroll our road between the pond and the stream. This very same otter is the suspected culprit in cleaning our pond out of its entire bass population. <BR/><BR/>I believe that once this stream had salmon in it. Today, it empties into Zylstra Lake which eventually empties into False Bay.<BR/><BR/>AnitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com