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Trailing The Elusive Otter

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An otter slide through the phragmites. MIKE BOTTINI

An otter slide through the phragmites. MIKE BOTTINI

Perfect otter tracks showing five toes on each foot (from left to right): front right foot and hind right foot. MIKE BOTTINI

Perfect otter tracks showing five toes on each foot (from left to right): front right foot and hind right foot. MIKE BOTTINI

A typical otter scent station with a two foot-long scrape in the leaf litter located six feet from the water’s edge. MIKE BOTTINI

A typical otter scent station with a two foot-long scrape in the leaf litter located six feet from the water’s edge. MIKE BOTTINI

By Mike Bottini

 on Dec 19, 2017
On Sunday I decided to visit a relatively new otter “site” (documented in the fall of 2015) in East Hampton to see if there might be some fresh tracks in... more

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