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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Northern River Otter
From: abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:56:03 -0800
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Fine image, Doug! With that location you might be wishing you could do video!

Otters are so great to watch.

Adam

On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Sunday morning I scouted a location where a friend mentioned that he'd 
> seen a very cooperative Cooper's Hawk.  I didn't find the hawk, but I 
> believe what I did find more than makes up for not seeing the hawk: a pair 
> of Northern River Otters.  Judging from the numerous tracks, slides and 
> trails, the abundant scat and many meal remnants on the bank of the river 
> I'm 99% sure I found a den site.
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/mustelidae/nrotte02.html
> 
> By the time I found the otters it was mid-morning and the lighting was 
> tricky to work with so I believe that with patience and an earlier start I 
> can do better than this photo, but I'm not complaining :)
> 
> Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R + 1.4x APO-Extender-R, 
> shouldeer stock & monopod.  All comments welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
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