Subject: Re: Do river otters eat birds
Date: Feb 25 00:40:00 1998
From: Jack Bowling - jbowling at direct.ca


** Deb Beutler asked -

> Has anyone else seen river otters bother birds? Do they eat ducks?

Being the biggest of the weasel family does not mean that the River Otter has lost
any of its weasel tendencies. They will eat anything and everything they can kill.
There preferred diet is still fish though by a large margin. However, I would
assume that the only reason the ducks in question were worried is that it was a
small land-locked pond with restricted flight lines. Normal duck behaviour to otter
presnece in my experience has been instant flight.

- Jack


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