Since birding has been slow around the house lately, I decided to take a drive to the lake and look for ducks and shorebirds. It was rather barren there, too. But as I scanned the canal I noticed a roiling of the water and up popped a whiskery head. An otter! He was swimming quite close to fishermen and crabbers, and my first concern was that he would get harmed. He seemed to be doing well, though.
My next concern, and one that makes me grieve for him and all wildlife, is all the plastic and trash that humans are throwing into the canal when they are finished with their day of recreation. Bottles and plastic fishing lines, fast food containers and boating trash float along the margins of the waterway.
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