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[summerbug23]

Some of my most favorate shots!
River otter (Lutra canadensis)
http://gallery.njpinebarrens.com/data/500/medium/river_otter_small.jpg

It was my best day when I saw this guy! It's in an old cranberry farm close to the Lebanon Lake. He (she?) didn't seem to be bothered by me. Behaved like a small puppy, rolling around on the dike (sand bathing!)​

http://gallery.njpinebarrens.com/data/500/medium/river_otter1small.jpg

Isn't he cute?! By the way, when I saw him there were also five or six double-crested cormorant in the same reservoir. I hope all of them can get enough fish to eat. I haven't seen the otter since then...

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
http://gallery.njpinebarrens.com/data/500/medium/Belted_Kingfisher1small.jpg

Picture was taken in Whitesbog. Should be a female!

 

[BEHR655]

Nice shots summerbug. I've never seen an otter in the Pines.

Steve

 

[dragoncjo]

Summerbug, it is very tough to see a otter during the day, I have seen two one swimming and one diving in the water off a downed tree. They are suppose to be active during the day but only if it is a undisturbed area. You can normally find there tracks and scat in the same spot over and over they use these routes constantly from what I've found. Here is a family my spy cam caught last summer,
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=3116
Your very lucky to get a shot of one during the day, where you suprised by how big they are? I know I was.
chris

 

[Boyd]

Nice pictures. I saw an otter once near Martha, but that was a long time ago

 

[james ungehajer]

Really like the pics,thank you for sharing your knowledge.

 

[mike242424]

Great pictures. I have never seen an otter in the wild before.

 

[woodjin]

Nice shots. I saw an otter once not too far from where you were, still in Lebanon but a different bog system. I saw him in the water, made a looping motion like the loch ness monster

Thanks for sharing the photos, they are all very nice!

Jeff

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I'm so jealous! I've seen the "leavings" of otters a lot while out paddling, their slides, footie prints and garbage dumps, but I've never had the pleasure of seeing one in person.