Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
My daughter keeps asking me to ask Steve about the otters.
We saw otter tracks and slides last winter but no animals here since. Did watch an otter at Beaver Reservoir on April 27, and our first ever mink over the snow on the river from the house on March 27. Haven't seen otters at Beaver Reservoir since. Looked yesterday. The lake is higher than I've seen in many years. Lots of water this year is great.

We have four dippers in the nest box now. They'll fledge in another week. The first since the 2013 flood. Always good fun.