Finally a clear Otter picture

The clear cold weather has been great for my otter landing photos and just in the nick of time. They should be leaving the river and looking for dens along the creeks and ponds to get ready to have their pups. Sometimes the female will allow the male to help raise the young but others will keep the male away.

I ended up with 5 different families of otter and 4 lone otters checking out the landing, the males were the loners looking for a mate and the families had from one to four pups each.