A couple of years ago I was hunting down in middle GA and watched one of these work up and down a creek for over an hour. By far the coolest thing I have ever saw in the woods. I was so amazed by it I wouldn't have known if a deer walked by or not.
Nice pics. Years ago I had two otters run under my stand. I was hunting on top of a hardwood ridge about 250 yds from the edge of a reservoir in Lamar county. I never thought they would stray so far from water.
Another time I took a buddy of mine hunting one afternoon and put him in a stand next to a creek in Hancock county. When I went to get him out of the stand at dark he said he didn't see any deer, but he had watched a seal all afternoon moving up and down the creek. I enjoyed explaining to him the nearest seal was at the Atlanta Zoo, and that he had been observing an otter all afternoon.
I watched 6-8 of the work their way up the river in the middle of Pigeon Forge one time. I also watched 5-6 at out hunting club in Twiggs going down a slough. They would work their way over logs and come out of the water in shallow spots.