{"id":10030,"date":"2014-03-15T15:09:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T22:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2014-03-17T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:46:55","slug":"muskrat-clues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10030","title":{"rendered":"Muskrat clues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Derek Kite recently posted some shots of a muskrat grooming<\/a>, I was alerted to the possibility of sighting one of these large semi-aquatic voles myself (it is not a rat).<\/p>\n

Today, from behind some shoreline rocks, small waves spread across otherwise calm water. Now, what could be causing that?\u00a0I watched and waited; the waves stopped; all remained calm for nearly ten minutes. But then, success: a muskrat appeared.<\/p>\n

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