River otter frolicking at Sutro Baths
by Alison Hawkes on October 11, 2012
Nature photographer David Cruz captured some candid moments of a river otter basking in the sun at Sutro Baths in San Francisco.
- Little Yosemite (Sunol Regional Wilderness) 0 comment(s)
- Stargazing in the SF Bay Area 0 comment(s)
- Tidepooling Excursions and Further Reading 0 comment(s)
- Star Gazing and Night Hiking Resources 5 comment(s)
- Photosynthesis in leaves that aren’t green 7 comment(s)
- Native California Tarantulas 0 comment(s)
- Bay Area has ticks, and Lyme disease 18 comment(s)
- Judith White: Are dogs allowed at Rush Ranch? Thank you. Judith White
- Robert: Hi Diane, Looks like we had the same experience over the last several months with the Pine Siskins. May 13...
- Cindy Green: Hello Jacoba, I am putting together a 120 anniversary magazine for the city of Rio Vista and was...
- Diane: Oh, and the siskins replaced the huge numbers of American Goldfinches that I had last year – only saw...
- Diane: I have experienced the same influx of pine siskins. I counted almost 50 at my feeders and eating on the...
-
What ever happened to Alden Olmsted?
by Dhyana Levey
-
The Bay Area mothers around you
by Alison Hawkes
-
by Alison Hawkes
-
Local Hero: Cindy Moreno of WattzOn and Full Circle Farm
by David Loeb
-
by Paul Epstein
Ask the Naturalist
Got a burning nature question about SF Bay Area nature? Ask us and we'll get to the bottom of it!
Events
-
May 19
Sign and Scat: Evidence of Wildlife
Ever wonder “whose poop is that!?” Learn how to identify and better understand local wildlife by analyzing scat and signs …
-
May 23
Walkers 50+: Looking for signs of (wild)life
Walkers 50+: Join Ranger Bob Flasher on an easy, almost level walk of under 4 miles, from the Tilden Nature …
-
May 23
Focus on Grasses with Ashley Ratcliffe
This walk will explore the theme “how to look at a grass” and will serve to familiarize those of us …
2 comments:
The River Otter Ecology Project is most interested in this otter, and are trying to find out from whence he came (it is a male). He could have swum over from Marin; there are otters in the Headlands and in Sausalito. We don’t currently have information about river otter south of San Francisco. If anyone sees river otters on the SF Peninsula, please let us know by filling out an Otter Spotter report on our website!
Come out and hear about our project at the SF Naturalists Society, November 8, 7:30 at the Randall Museum!
I was wondering that myself. I did a double-take at first, thinking could this be a sea otter. But of course it’s not. Please let us know if you track down where this little guy came from.