Slip-sliding Away

The river otter is an uncommon sight in Southern New England. But writer Mark Seth Lender is patient and, some twenty years after first glimpsing an otter, he was surprised and thrilled to see another.

Twenty years ago, writer Mark Seth Lender was in awe when he saw the elusive, uncommon river otter. He was caught off-guard recently when he saw another river otter at a beaver pond in Groton, Connecticut.