Pictures of Illahee Wildlife. Many of you have told us that you enjoy the wildlife updates and especially the photos of local birds and animals. We would like to get some of the river otters that frequent the area and any other animal or bird that we haven't sent out photos of. We will pass them on if you send them to us. If you want credit, please note that.
Previously Sent Fox Photo. We had a biologist send in the following comment regarding one of the fox photos we sent out last week: The second picture looked like the fox may have had mange.
Baby Fox Photos. John Lind sent in a couple of baby fox photos he took a few years ago.
Hairy Woodpecker. Last weekend during the Rotarian work party a Hairy Woodpecker was sighted along the new trail that was being built.
Common Mergansers. A frequent sight along the Illahee shoreline areas are groups of Common Mergansers swimming along the shoreline. Mergansers are fish ducks and are avoided by hunters and as one reference book says "the ire of fisherman and hatcherymen." When they encounter a school of fish the whole group becomes active diving after the fish. The group seen here is a little less than a hundred and are most often seen during high tides. We haven't seen as many of their cousins this year, the Red-breasted Mergansers.
Jim Aho
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