Showing posts with label Elkhorn Slough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elkhorn Slough. Show all posts

Monday, February 23, 2009

Otter with Camera

Well, so long as we're on the subject of animals, here's one for the books!

My daughter sent me an article from the Monterey County (CA) Herald, under the by-line of Stephanie Pappas. It seems that a professional photographer, Enrique Aguirre, who specializes in nature photography, was aboard a safari boat along with a number of other photographers, in Elkhorn Slough, back on February 3rd.

They suddenly noticed an otter floating on his back. Someone noticed there was something peculiar about this otter. They realized it was actually carrying a video camera, pointed right at them. Of course, it was obviously old and rusted. Still, what an amazing event to have one of the animals they were trying to photograph, pointing the lens at them. The only one who was able to get a clear shot of the otter before he dived below the water again with the camera, was Enrique Aguirre. Here is the only shot he could get.

How incredible, is that?

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Camera Critters #31




Hello again.

The weekend means it's Camera Critters time again.

I have no new critter pictures, so I'm going back once again to a visit I made some time ago to my daughter in California. W
henever I have visited there, I was sure to meet up with some interesting critters. On this visit, Kitty took me to a wonderful place called Elkhorn Slough. There are all manner of critters to be found there. I am going to show you two very small ones. I am not up on such things, so I can't even tell you the proper names for them. I call this guy Lounging Lizard.



He was just sort of hanging out, sunning himself.

The second little guy was doing the same, but on a cactus. Truthfully, I'm not even sure if I took this picture or my daughter
did.




Pretty cute, huh? If any of you are in north central California, Elkhorn Slough does have a monthly photo contest for wildlife in or around the slough.

I'm really disappointed that I couldn't find one other lizard picture that I took right here in New Jersey, at Leaming's Run Gardens. That lizard was bright blue, and I spotted him in the woodpile near the log cabin. Oh well, maybe another time.


Misty Dawn hosts Camera Critters for us each week. Thank you, Misty.