» otter http://www.newwaverafting.com/blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:35:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Wildlife on the Rio Grande – February 5, 2010 http://www.newwaverafting.com/blog/wildlife-on-the-rio-grande-february-5-2010 http://www.newwaverafting.com/blog/wildlife-on-the-rio-grande-february-5-2010#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:47 +0000 Britt Runyon http://www.newwaverafting.com/blog/?p=1227 One barely has to get out of the car in order to observe the wildlife along the Rio Grande. I’ll start with the most exciting creature to come to this area in years, the River Otter. Several, I think 9, were introduced to the Rio Grande in the winter of ’08 and we have wondered how and if they were thriving? Now I know for a fact, three are.

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Headed for the safety of the water after spotting me.

Entering the water.

Entering the water with the 2nd already there.

Eating a tasty carp.

Eating a tasty carp.

A few more photographs from the day.

A Bull Elk carcass provides a mid-day snack for a couple of coyotes.

A Bull Elk carcass provides a mid-day snack for a couple of coyotes.

Wintering geese in Pilar.

Wintering geese in Pilar.

Great Blue Heron.

Great Blue Heron.

One of our resident Bald Eagles.

One of our resident Bald Eagles.

Orilla Verde evening.

Orilla Verde evening.

Sunset and the Pilar Cliffs.

Sunset and the Pilar Cliffs.

These photographs and more at “www.flickr.com/photos/jorunny/

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