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River otter comeback seen on Long Island
Photo credit: Joe Kelly | Otters swim the Nissequogue River in Smithtown, about a mile south of the Landing Avenue bridge. (Aug. 4, 2011)
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Nature photographer Joe Kelly was paddling up the Nissequogue River on a recent evening when he came upon a surprising sight: a pair of river otters lounging on a muddy bank.
Kelly grabbed his camera, capturing the latest evidence that the whiskered creatures are recolonizing Long Island.
"It was one of the coolest encounters in my whole life," said Kelly, 50, of Smithtown.
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