Although animal sightings continue to be rare, evidence of animal movement may be detected now that there is some snow on the ground. Otters have been providing a lot of entertainment around the lake. Two residents described their mornings, watching a lone otter feeding on the edge of the ice in front of their respective homes on Boultbee Road and Highway 24. Another resident went through several otter-like antics on the shoreline to distract his dogs from seeing a large black otter about 150 feet from shore, at the ice’s edge. A large otter is a certain enticement for even the best-behaved dog but the thin ice’s edge will certainly give way under the weight of a dog and the water temperature is zero F or very close to it. Swans have been gliding along the shores in the quite bays, resting on their migratory journeys south and have also been enjoyed by several waterfront residents. One just has to keep their eyes on the lake to be rewarded with wildlife sightings.
