Furry Fishers...

It was foggy along Howe Sound on the weekend, and foggy around Squamish Estuary. The thickness of the fog would ebb and flow. We spent some time exploring the estuary at high tide, in the fog. We had one great find--River Otters feeding and playing around a little 'island' created by the high tide--a large log, a tippy tree and some shrubbery. There were at least four otters. They would leap into the water from the log and go fishing, and return to the log to eat dinner, then chase each other around a bit. Mostly, it looked like they were catching flounders or flatfish (they looked like sole), and we could see the flashes of white as they juggled the fish in their mouths. In the fog, nothing was distinct, but we could still 'see' the action. Here are a few photos, very enhanced to remove the 'fogginess'.

Curious otter. Mostly they ignored us, but at first they had to swim over to check out that clicking sound.

The moment before a fishing dive.

Feeding on the 'island'.

Now here is what the photo really looked like, before we fixed it up!