Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/12

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Northern River Otter
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:52:19 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
 
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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