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First Sea Otter Reported at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97: 2012

Posted June 14, 2012 | Categories : 97,Rare Species,Warden Reports |

On June 10, 2012 This Sea Otter, Enhydra lutris , was photographed off Middle Rocks in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve from a whale watching vessel by Adam Bird. This is the first recorded sighting of sea otters at the reserve.
Further information is available at: http://racerocks.ca/racerock/taxalab2/2012/Enhydra_lutris/enhydralutris.htm

Since this first sighting, every year a sea otter has shown up at race Rocks. Sightings can be found in the Sea otter tag on the Race Rocks website.