The Schoodic Peninsula contains a part of Acadia National Park that is disconnected from the main portion that is located on Mount Desert Island. The peninsula is only 45 minutes away, and since we have a receiver tower set up there we frequently pay the park a visit. The roadways run slowly along the rocky shoreline, providing amazing views of the water, waves, and of course birds. This visit provided an amazingly unexpected surprise, however! As we were leaving the park, I spotted some heads on the water. I immediately yelled out, "Cetaceans! Wait, no! Pinnipeds! Wait. Holy crap, those are otters!," or something along those lines, and certainly with excitement. I don't remember ever seeing an otter in the wild, let alone a river otter in the ocean. We ran down to the water on large rocks, and got really close to the otters. As I followed them along the shoreline, I managed to slip and fall into a tide pool and get soaking wet, but it was worth following the four otters across the water's edge and watching them dive, eat, and play. The lighting was difficult to get good photos, but I still managed to get a few to share.
The season is winding down, and we only have one transmitter left to attach. Sadly, this will mean a swift drop off of photos on the blog. I'll still be trying to get out and get photos as usual, but birds are much easier to photograph when you can hold them!
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
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| Ruby-Crowned Kinglet |
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| Ruby Crown of the Kinglet |
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