This handsome otter was swimming around our log pond at the mill in search of an afternoon snack.

This otter and the rest of his clan are regulars around the mill site.  The pond where I took these pictures is smack in the middle of the entire complex.  They visit the log ponds, canals, and the river depending on what is on the menu.  We have a floating platform that suspends a water intake into the pond, but the otters seem to think it was put there for their personal sun basking pleasures.  One of my crew members insists that it is their private restroom, while he complains about all the “otter poop!”  Those are my words, not his.

On the menu today, fish!

Up periscope.

As he swam around the pond the lighting was constantly changing. He turned out to be a very curious and co-operative subject.

Otter on golden pond.

The old log pond….otter pond.