Otter Den photos

This was a first for me, I've seen many otter dens but never a place for a camera.  It looks like two pups coming out of the den, plus the female and did get one photo that could have been a male.  The males at times are allowed to help raise the young for a while.

                                                          Coming back to the den.

 
                                              One pup our and the other is peaking out.

                                                                     Getting brave.

This was the only time I had pictures of the otter, the next time I checked the camera was five days later and they had moved.  The pups are old enough to fish in the river and there's plenty of steelhead for food. It was almost a once in a lifetime photo shoot.