jeffrey280's Identifications

One photo shows one on back with head on the right and tip of tail to the left. There were at least 4 together, roughly the same size. First all on backs, then diving (tails visible) and catching fish, at least one at a time spyhopping as I stood on path and photographed. Fuzzy iPhone captures at about 50 feet away, but iNat gets brownie points for suggesting river otters.

4 scat piles located at known crossover site into Klopp Lake. Fishy smell, found evidence of crab, fish, and bird consumption (crab legs clearly pictured in first photo;feathers and scales present in other samples). Varying levels of freshness, with some samples completely dried out, and others were still visibly wet. Also pictured is the tunnel opposite to Klopp Lake; scat piles were found directly outside this tunnel.

Family consisting of mom and two pups, half her size. Video will be posted later and linked here. Various behaviors including depositing scat, grooming, allogrooming, depositing otter jelly, rolling, scent rubbing on log and ground. Otters were vocalizing to each other with grunting sounds. Video is 3.5 minutes long. These images are stills taken from the video.

Video link:
https://youtu.be/pHrHMXbeiM8?si=6zS6cAl2KOSS-9Nd