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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3246635" data-attributes="member: 109211">Hi MaljunuloYes and that is perfectly possible when the bird is nearby or the water is flat and calm. Especially in glassy calm water it is easy to see them resurface. But when the water has waves in it and the tops of the waves are being blown off by a strong wind and the diving bird or otter or seal is some distance away, the unaided eye can't pick up the re-surfacing bird or animal. And this is especially true if the bird or animal only comes up briefly for air and a look around and then dives again and is moving away from you.Lee</blockquote>