Otter pops...
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85137)
Shingle Springs, California
September 16, 2010 3:16pm CST
Well I was walking along the American River bike path today. I walk about 25 minutes - half an hour, and there is this path that leads to 4 picnic tables overlooking the river. I usually sit there in the shade for about 5 minutes watching the water, and then I walk back.
I see a lot of birds, and once I saw a rabbit. Today I heard a lot of splashing in the water and I looked down and thought, "what's that?" For a second I thought seals, then I realized they were otters. Yep, three of them fishing in the water. Every so often one of them would come up with something shiny, no doubt a fish.
Oh why oh why does my camera phone not have a zoom on it?
I walked all the way back to the office with a big smile on my face.
They otter pop up more often. :D
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Sep 10
Wow! An otter, how adorable! I once saw a seal up close and personal at Oban in Scotland, kind of the "resident seal" that everyone up there knew. Very cute. Never seen an otter though.
Lucky you!
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
17 Sep 10
I reckon you should buy yourself a digital camera. I've got one and I'm amazed at how much they've come down in price during the last couple of years. Not so sure if that's the case in the US but it's worth considering. I carry mine with me in my bag all the time, but don't always use it of course!
I've got one and I'm amazed at how much they've come down in price during the last couple of years. Not so sure if that's the case in the US but it's worth considering. I carry mine with me in my bag all the time, but don't always use it of course!2 people like this
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Sep 10
You live in such a lovely place and have some lovely walks along the river. That's enough to give me a feeling a serenity but you see the most wonderful scenes of nature. There's always something unusual happening...not unnatural but you know what I mean...you get to see great stuff. Try and remember to take your regular camera with you next time ok?
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Sep 10
I brought it Friday. Herons but no otters...
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
16 Sep 10
And you otter be prepared for them next time otterwise you will kick yourself.. My cell has a zoom - takes me a while to work it out with my wearing bifocals though. Bye bye - still trying tio work out how to prepare a P&L
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You put the profit on one side in black, and the losses on the other side in red.@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
16 Sep 10
Okay. Okay. Joke's over!
I will soon find out how to do it but tell me something. If you met a cow on your walks at lunchtime then would consider this to be udderly delightful?
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Sep 10
Neat! Nowhere here where we'd see otters (only otter pops - hee hee - which, by the way, I have not had in years). I have never taken a pic or video with my phone yet . . . I always carry our digital camera with me everywhere I go (for some reason I can work a digital camera better than all the doo dads of a cell phone). I wonder if otters would like otter pops - hee hee!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 10
I'm going to have to start bringing the darn camera to work!!!
@katland05 (136)
• Guam
16 Sep 10
dawn hi!! Love nature, very relaxing & relaxes my mind.. Want to see those otters, maybe next time around don't have that in guam where I live... Have zoom in my phone camera but don't know how to work it only my daughter works it for me.. Need to catch up with these electronics our young kids are so into, ughh.. Good day to u & all here at mylot...
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
17 Sep 10
Hi, dawnald..
We should always carry a camera with us. Who knows when some rare animal pops up just before our eyes. Or some rare human..or whatever..
I will have to buy a digital camera sooner or later.. I hope sooner..
We should always carry a camera with us. Who knows when some rare animal pops up just before our eyes. Or some rare human..or whatever..
I will have to buy a digital camera sooner or later.. I hope sooner..@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
17 Sep 10
Don´t worry, they will show up one day.. They might be a bit shy or up to something fishy..
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@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
17 Sep 10
I can see why you were smiling. It sounds like a really pleasant lunch time.
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@cloudwatcher (6861)
• Australia
17 Sep 10
Since cameras are so small these days . . . enough said?
Hope you are still smiling.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 10
My real camera would have gotten a picture, but oh well. It's a memory.
@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 10
Uh, yeah.
(Where's the smiley for that?)
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@jillhill (37353)
• United States
17 Sep 10
Ah.....they otter! Just so you have some entertainment and I bet they were!! I love watching different animals...just watching their habits. Every morning lately though I have to scurry through one of the blocks because there is a house situated by the side of the road and lately guess what's playing in their yard? Some really cute little skunks...they are babies yet....but I don't slow down to watch them as I am afraid mama is close and might do a business on my car!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 10
Skunks at day or by night? I hear if they're out by day, beware, coudl be rabies.
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
17 Sep 10
That must have been so cool to see! I have never seen an otter other than the zoo of course. I bet you had a difficult time going back to work. I would have wanted to sit there and watch them.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
19 Sep 10
How neat, that would have been something that I would have loved to have seen, but seeing as how I live in a landlocked state, I never have the opportunity to see otters or any other type of sea life. I am jealous. But, I did take a long, meandering walk the other day with my family and we did have the opportunity to walk right by some horses in their field and some cows as well. It is really nothing out of the ordinary for Kentucky, but to be that close to the was something different for us.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Sep 10
These were river otters, actually, though I have seen sea otters from a great distance (an in an aquarium)...
