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intertext ([personal profile] intertext) wrote2008-02-23 10:26 am
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Gratuitous Wildlife Photo Blogging

On our walk yesterday, Robinson and I spotted this little guy.

Otter on the Westsong

It's kind of a blurry photo, but the first time I've been lucky enough to capture one of our resident otters. This is a river otter, not the famous (and cuter) sea otter, who lives a lot farther north.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2008-02-23 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful! Otters of any sort are just marvelous. I think I like river otters better, actually--because they're so playful. But sea otters are very cute.

[identity profile] intertext.livejournal.com 2008-02-23 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I like these ones, too, though I dream of one day seeing a sea-otter in the wild. You often see these ones, along this walk especially, and I love the way you get the little line of bubbles to show where they are, just as described in The Wind in the Willows.

[identity profile] noveldevice.livejournal.com 2008-02-23 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I'm singing Jonathan Coulton's "Furry Old Lobster". :P

Great picture. :)

[identity profile] intertext.livejournal.com 2008-02-23 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks :)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2008-02-23 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! I love otters, and have been fortunate enough to see sea otters in California, and river otters in the Hebrides.

[identity profile] superfoo.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
AW!! So adorable.

[identity profile] lidocafe.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Win!

[identity profile] brinian.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
So cool! Never seen a river otter in person. I've seen the sea otters in Monterey Bay and in Alaska though. I would really love to see a river otter - they are so cool when you see them in nature programs.