Surprise encounter

The other morning I was walking along the river channel at the estuary, and when I was behind a row of bushes and couldn't see the shoreline I noticed a series of rings on the water's surface coming from directly below me. Thinking it was a merganser I had been following, I got my camera handy and crept to the edge for a look. There was a large boulder I couldn't see behind, and that was where the disturbance was coming from. I popped my head up to look around it at the same instant this otter did, and we both were a little startled by each other!

 

I like the way he seems to pop into the frame rather unexpectedly, which is exactly what he did!

Done