Another river otter made an appearance at Alki....with a tasty sculpin in its jaws. Likely the fish was a Red Irish Lord. This otter has a pink area on its right hind foot. This could be a growth or injury of something completely different. Otto, (February 2015) had a pink growth on his left hind foot. It was not possible to see this otter's left hind foot so it might be Otto with more pink....or maybe a different otter...no way to tell yet.
While the Surfbirds and Black Turnstones are still around at Alki they were joined by a flock of Dunlin today....first time this year I've seen that mixed flock.
The Gang of Harbor Seals was down to 5 off Seacrest today....but there may be more around.
