[NatureNS] Otter

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From: NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 17:27:29 -0300
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I have never seen and otter amble. They are fast and active movers who never pause and would not normally wake slowly. Hope it is OK.

Nancy D

> On May 7, 2020, at 4:37 PM, GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca> wrote:
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> It was mentioned that otters would have young right now, and maybe this was a parent looking for food, OR,  an adolescent, that got kicked to the curb, by the mother, &  that might have gotten lost?
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> My neighbour, who saw it, said it was just ambling along...
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> Maybe it was not going down to Lake Banook, at all, but, instead, was heading back up to Penhorn or Oathill Lakes, as they are 'stocked' for sport fishermen, on a yearly basis, and are relatively small, easily accessible small lakes, in sheltered, secluded wooded areas.
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> Sounds like a good spot for an otter to enjoy its life, regardless!! 
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> Thank you, all!
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> Gayle MacLean
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> Dartmouth 
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> On 05/07/20 11:11 AM, GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca> wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> Got a FB message from my neighbour, a couple of houses up, last night, alerting me to the fact that she had just seen a large otter crossing our street here in Dartmouth & going into my backyard.
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>> Now, that is definitely a first! For my yard anyway!! Seen lots of cool birds, but never an otter!
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>> And yes, my neighbour knows an otter when she sees one.
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>> We are close to Lake Banook and there is a brook that goes down the edge of the green belt adjacent to our backyards.
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>> Gayle MacLean
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>> Dartmouth
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