Is it a gaggle?

We haven't posted anything for a while, not that there isn't anything fun going on with the pregnancy, but other things do happen.  I was home this afternoon after being on call last night and was playing Wii while Otis sat on the couch.  All of a sudden he started barking, and of course at first I just told him to quiet down (not exactly) but then I looked outside and saw what he was barking at....