Sea Otters and Stuff in the Water

Two otters playing their 24 hour slapping game in front of our house.  This has been going on for weeks now!  (The video starts vertical, then I turn the phone sideways.  So don't twist your head, just listen with the sound up.)

Here are a couple more shots I took this summer on the water, and one more video sound I hear most every day.  Not much of a visual, but the sounds is awesome!

Vashon and Various Geese

From my new book, The Birds of Vashon Island, by Ed Swan:

The loon on the cover are becoming rare.

Canada Goose is not!

Cackling Goose looks like the Canadian Goose and isn't in my old bird book, so I have to read this section!

And from my very very old bird book that Mom gave me and that you have a version of in the kitchen shelf:

Our Canadian Geese at top of page

Migration and phases show the Snow Goose is abundant in the South west of the Mississippi River

Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum