Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 18 February 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Barb and I have been hunting for a family of beavers for weeks now. We finally found their dam this morning about 4 miles from here up Alamo Creek. Barb was the first to spot their dam. I found a good vantage point above the dam and was setting my camera up when this guy (North American River Otter) showed up. I was real excited. Barb went up the creek further and found another beaver dam that I will hike to tomorrow morning.
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Oh my gosh it's adorable! Great capture. :)
18 Feb 2008 12:16am
I can see why you are excited. I have never been able to shoot a beaver. They tend to the nocturnal side. When I was a wee lad I saw many. And heard the crash of their tails on the water. They are amazing creatures.
18 Feb 2008 1:47am
Aww, its cute! it looks like my brother kicking in the pool when he was young.... ahh memories.... I love beavers and otters...
18 Feb 2008 3:17am
Otters are wonderful creatures and how brilliant to see one in the wild, where they should be. A great capture Craig. Good luck with the beaver hunt.
18 Feb 2008 4:57am
What an outstanding capture in the best sense of the world, beautiful, magical sea animal and your compo is delicious ;)
18 Feb 2008 5:53am
So cute - great shot!
18 Feb 2008 6:37am
Fantastic shot, Craiger! Good luck finding the beavers!
18 Feb 2008 6:43am
Great capture, love the lighting! I will soon be posting a photo that I took yesterday of two otters. They are fascinating creatures.
18 Feb 2008 6:53am
great capture... so clear and thanks for the story... i love the picture
18 Feb 2008 7:56am
It was worth the 4 weeks of almost endless searching! Great shot, thanks for sharing! Hope you get some good shot 2morrow as well!
18 Feb 2008 8:03am
Awww...they are so cute! Very nice shot. It looks like your pursuit paid off nicely.
18 Feb 2008 8:34am
That is a beautiful animal and a really nice capture.
18 Feb 2008 9:08am
Well done on the find! Very cool.
18 Feb 2008 9:48am
How absolutely MARVELOUS is that!! NICELY done... and I'm sure you took more than one???
18 Feb 2008 1:38pm
@amy: Thanks Amy! Yes, I'm feeling a mini series coming on!
Must be wonderful to find them in the wild! Great shot!
18 Feb 2008 1:59pm
Beautyful capture. It's clear and neat. Well done
18 Feb 2008 2:31pm
A lovely guy. nicely captured;
18 Feb 2008 3:52pm
Great capture of this otter. As for the beavers, you really must try it when it's almost dark, otherwise your chances are slim.
18 Feb 2008 3:54pm
@vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge: Understood! Thanks for the advise!
Fantastic! You make me jealous and dreaming of going with you! What a lovely guy! We have otters here, too but it takes a lot of effort to see one: first look for a guide (they live in protected areas), make all arrangements etc., and then be lucky for the chance you will see one is very small. We have a "otterpark" nearby where you can see them in capticity, but that's not that exciting.
18 Feb 2008 4:17pm
Wonderful capture! Well spotted!
18 Feb 2008 4:25pm
That's a cool find.
18 Feb 2008 6:41pm
Thats an amazing moment, you are really fortunate, or more probably, really skillful at finding things. A lovely shot of a shy and fantastic animal.
18 Feb 2008 6:48pm
Splendid Craiger!!!
18 Feb 2008 6:57pm
incredible shot!! Lucky to see one in the wild!!
18 Feb 2008 8:02pm
Nice capture!
18 Feb 2008 8:41pm
oh, great catch!
19 Feb 2008 2:28am
awesome! looks almost like you magically got him to pose for you!
19 Feb 2008 2:17pm
I love otters. So I am jealous and also very happy for you that you found this great little guy.
19 Feb 2008 10:12pm
ho! ho! this is nice work, i have reports of a couple here in portugal but i have to travel 400 km and then find them, nice wild life photo.
20 Feb 2008 5:47pm
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