Comments on: Another Snow Day in the Wild

By: Greg Dodge, Ranger

Greg Dodge, Ranger — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:28:48 +0000

The water in Wetlands at the Museum drains into a small stream on the south side of the Wetlands. From there it flows into Ellerbe Creek which eventually flows into Falls Lake and the Nuese River. Streams, creeks and rivers are the otter’s roads.
As I mentioned, I’ve only seen sign of otters when there is snow on the ice of the Wetlands, new tracks being seen in the morning. I believe the otters come up into the Wetlands through the culvert on the south side of the water (under the boardwalk) at night. In fact, following last year’s snowstorm of January 20, the snow around the culvert had been packed down where they had apparently slid through the grate of the culvert.

By: Lew

Lew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:21:59 +0000

An otter! Really? Where’s that rascal been hiding?

By: Greg Dodge, Ranger

Greg Dodge, Ranger — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:47:30 +0000

It would seem so. I haven’t seen an otter, and have only seen the tracks on two occasions when there was snow-covered ice on the Wetlands, but the tracks don’t lie (check the link that I added to the post at left – “tracks left in the snow”). The snow reveals quite a bit about who’s wandering around out in “The Wild” when we’re not there to see it.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000

We have OTTERS here? Wow!