Jeanine and I enjoyed the afternoon outdoors taking advantage of unseasonably warm weather. We were motivated by news of river otters sightings at the Needham Reservoir. A half-mile hike around the reservoir yielded no encounters so we drove to nearby Cutler Park Reservation where we completed a 4-mile hike down to the Charles River, pictured above. Although we never spotted any otters, we did come across many swans, ducks, geese, and several water dogs.