Otter!

May. 18th, 2007 08:19 am
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Last night I took an hour I didn't have to spare and went over to Kickapoo to see how carrying my new gear was going to work out.  (Pretty well, it turns out -- I kludged up something to carry the weight of the 500mm lens on the tripod mount ring, and it works well, and I was able to handle both cameras without much trouble.)

In a backwater off the river along the trail that goes straight from what I think is called Number 6 Pond south to Rt. 150, I got a brief but clear look at an otter!  As far as I can remember, I've never seen an otter in the wild before.  Unfortunately, I messed up the switches on the camera, and I wasn't able to get a picture in the maybe as long as five seconds before the otter disappeared.

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Date: 2007-05-18 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birder2.livejournal.com
Wonderful! I actually saw one at Meadowbrook once when the U of I had a toxic spill that killed a lot of stream stuff--I assume it was seeking refuge! It was gone before I even had time to THINK of taking a picture--my brain was in processing "did I REALLY see that" mode for a bit.

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Date: 2007-05-21 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ntrlstgrl.livejournal.com
Ah!!!!! That would be so cool to see...the pic would have been good to but just to have the experience. WOW!

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