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Carol Englander reports seeing a river otter cross Pelham Island Rd, near Heard Pond in Wayland.

River Otter

Tom Wilson photographed these otter tracks frozen in ice at Thanksgiving Forest in Chelmsford (click on image for a larger view).

Al Peirce reports:
While paddling down the Concord River on 4/7/05 at 5:30 pm I encountered two river otters swimming across the river and into a flooded area just a little ways downstream from Sawmill Brook and past the cabin on the river left.  The way they were swimming was similar to porpoises, each one rising out of then diving back under the water in graceful arching motions.  I followed them into the flooded shallow area and observed them for a minute or so until they became aware of my presence and disappeared.  The face was much lighter then rest of body and whiskers

Our automatically triggered wildlife camera captured this photograph of a river otter at 2:04 am (click on image for a larger view).

Our automatically triggered wildlife camera captured this photograph of a river otter at 2:41 am (click on image for a larger view).

Our automatically triggered wildlife camera captured this photograph of a river otter at 7:58 pm (click on image for a larger view).

Dan Foster's automatically triggered wildlife camera captured this photograph of a river otter at 8:55 pm (click on image for a larger view).

Dan Foster's automatically triggered wildlife camera captured this photograph of a river otter at 2:21 am (click on image for a larger view).

Dan Foster reported seeing an otter near the Delaney Wildlife Management Area in Stow this morning.

Our automatically triggered camera recorded an Otter at 10:48 pm. (click on image for a larger view).