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Sleeping Otter
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Sleeping Otter (Lontra canadensis)

A North American River Otter sleeping on shelf ice in the river.
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Habitat
river
Location
western Montana
Date taken
27-Jan-2025
Scientific name
Lontra canadensis
Equipment used
Canon R5, RF 200-800mm lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/1600sec, F9, ISO1000
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delia todd
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Three cracking pictures of this lovely otter Missy!

An excellent job - thanks for showing him to us.
 
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Gregg Martin said:
A beautiful catch of this very satisfied Otter, detailed, sun just so, well done Missy!

They are too wary for a close up like this for me.
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Thank you. I was lucky, sitting in white camo on a snowbank waiting for swans to fly by.
The wind was in my face and the otters were 12 meters away and did not know I was there.
 

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File size
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Date taken
Mon, 27 January 2025 5:25 PM
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