Otter on the Golf Course

This evening, just before it got dark, I was on the golf course(not golfing, just sneaking around and looking for wildlife and golf balls). There were many ducks on the pond and I was photographing some mergansers when suddenly I heard a loud 'Snort!' I looked up and there was an otter in the pond swimming towards me! It swam around a bit staring at me and snuffling every once in a while. It let me get lots of footage and it even came quite close to the bank where I was standing and I got two screenshots that are pretty good from one of my videos. It would scare the ducks whenever it went under them though, and I hope it wasn't hunting them. This is the second time I've seen an otter on the golf course, because last winter my dad and I saw four on a different pond. This one came much closer than the other ones though. I'm hoping that'll see it again next time I go on the golf course.

 Otter

Starting to feel like Winter....

Temperatures are dropping and frost is appearing everywhere. It definitely feels like Winter! I got some cool closeup shots of frost on a log, a leaf and some grass today. I think they're really cool because you can see all of the ice crystals.

Turks and Caicos!

So, we just got back from the Turks and Caicos! We had so much fun hanging out in the pool or snorkeling in the ocean. The resort that we stayed at had many different activities, like kayaking, hobie sailing, and water biking. We did the kayaking and the water biking which were very fun. On one of the days, we went Snuba Diving which was really cool. Snuba Diving is like scuba diving, except instead of having the air tank on your back, you have it on a raft above you and the tank's attached to you with a tube that brings the air. We saw so many amazing underwater creatures while diving, like shrimp, an octopus, parrotfish, pufferfish, flounder, crab, and so much more. At the resort we saw a lot of different birds and a LOT of  lizards and geckos. On one of the evenings, Virginia and I were swimming in the ocean when we both noticed two lionfish below us! I swam back and grabbed my camera, hoping to get a photo of them. I was looking for them when I suddenly noticed a large and dark shape lying on the sand below me. NURSE SHARK!!!! Of course, I didn't get a photo and Virginia and I went swimming as fast as we could back to shore.
We had a great time in the Turks and Caicos and wouldn't mind going back again.

 A caught gecko

 Virginia's happy

 Colourful fish

 Kayaking

 Great Egret

 Virginia Snuba diving

 Pufferfish

 Parrotfish

 Virginia and our dad water biking

 Our mom and I water biking

Green Heron

Turks and Caicos Tomorrow

Today we are heading off to the Turks and Caicos! At 10:00 pm we will take a flight to Toronto and then have a 3 hour layover in Toronto. Then we will take a flight to Turks and Caicos! When we get back we will write all about the trip and what we did there. We're so excited!!