I assumed that after the variety of yesterday, I would lie low today, but then a muskrat stopped by.
Muskrats get a bad rap: They aren’t rats, they are large aquatic voles; They don’t attack swimmers, they are herbivores. I have probably seen this one a dozen times in the last month, but always partially submerged and during the twilight of dawn. Now, it was grazing on a dilapidated dock in the afternoon sun.
May is the month to watch for young males doing a walkabout in search of a nesting site of their own.
Each wants to find a place where there is a good supply of vegetation to eat. With luck, this one will stay around.
Beautiful shots. I wasn’t sure I knew what a muskrat looks like until viewing. He reminds me of a beaver. Perhaps they are related.
Christine, well they are both semi-aquatic herbaceous rodents that make lodges. However their tails are different and the beaver is twenty times the weight of the muskrat.