Rare Otter Visitor To The Lake

[Dwinal87]

First of all, these are VERY grainy pictures! Normally I wouldn't post such poor quality pics, but the sun had already set and there wasn't a whole lot of light left for the long lens. You take what nature gives you.

This is only the 2nd time seeing an otter in the nearly 6 years living here.

It seemed to really be enjoying its catch. They are so much fun to watch!

Anyway, enjoy them if you can get by the "noise" in the photos.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Is that ice and snow?

[Dwinal87]

4. It is...

We live in Massachusetts, near the NH border just south of Nashua.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R ! Thanks for posting!...

...Otters!

[Walleye]

3. Don't apologize for the quality, those are terrific photos

Love the fish in his mouth and the footprints in the snow. It’s like you say especially in winter you gotta take what you get. I think you did a great job with it. And I love the otters. We used to canoe in a pond downstate with cypress trees and the otters would come up beside the boat to play

[Dwinal87]

9. That must have

been so cool to see!

[phoenix75]

5. Awesome 👍

Thanks for sharing.

[MLAA]

6. Adorable!

Is the lake frozen over? So glad you posted thes pics.

[Dwinal87]

8. Not really

The ice is really thin, and there are a lot of open water areas.

Good for the otter. He/she can fish in the open areas, then bring his/her catch onto the ice to eat.

[CrispyQ]

7. What an wonderful treat!

How cold that water must be. Makes me cold just to think about it.