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Otter in its den

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Hi, Boy did I have a great morning out in the marsh today!
 Sit back and I'll tell you the story... I went out at day break to a couple of spots, but the activity was sparse. Only a few birds were seen. So I decided to go into the marsh and wait in one of my blinds. I was hoping a few migrant ducks would be there. Well as I'm watching the marsh I noticed some movement in the brush out there. To my surprise, it was an Otter ! I don't get to see them that often,so I shot some pics and then it went under and I lost sight of it. Well about 15 minutes later I spot some movement by an old dead stump out in the marsh. Wow it was the Otter,and it is using the stump as a den!! Yahoo I finally have found a den that is easy to get some col pictures of! well it stayed outside the den a few minutes and then went inside. I figured that was it, the Otter was going to sleep for the rest of the day, and the picture session was over.
 So I stayed for awhile still looking for the ducks when out comes the Otter and it starts to fish right out in the open part of the marshes stream. I watched it catch a couple of fish and shot some pics of it eating them.. which I'm posting now.
  It was a rare treat to watch this one in action, I feel very lucky to have seen this, but also find the den for future photo ops!
 So now you know why I'm kinda pumped up...Enjoy the posted pics
 George
Image size
4107x2738px 9.42 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 7D
Shutter Speed
1/790 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO Speed
1250
Date Taken
Dec 6, 2015, 8:30:59 AM
Lens
EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Sensor Size
18mm
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