Again at the wetlands, the one creature who seemed quite content was this, which I presume to be a muskrat. You can just see one beady eye. We saw him as we were walking along the path and heard a noise in the water. It's amazing how well camouflaged he was, even against the blue water. If I hadn't been wearing my contact lenses I would not have been able to see him to focus the camera on him. So my perseverance in getting used to them has paid off already. You can see that the ice is still in the middle of the water and it's only at the edges where there is open water. It had frozen very hard this winter and looked like a big open snow covered field. It's lovely to see it begin to look like a wetland habitat again.
I'm not far off being caught up in my project, but will stop for today with apologies for flooding everyone with posting for the past couple of days. Hopefully I will have time to reply to all of the lovely comments that have been made.
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+Susanne Stelle – yes, for sure.
Thanks +Shelly Gunderson
That was a lovely comment +Cristy Sherman – thank you!
+Ursula Klepper – I was not very far away, but far enough… I think they are bigger than ordinary rats. Thanks so much, Ursula!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks they are beavers at first…. until you see the tail, as you said. Thanks +Becky Humphreys – they can be very nasty, though, so it's best to keep a safe distance, for sure.
Thank you +Sumit Sen
Thank you so much +Sara Hammond – I did get around to replying, though a month later! 🙂 That was a lovely thing to say.
Thanks so much for your support and encouragement, +HQSP Winners – I very much appreciate it, +Terrie Gray
Merci beaucoup +Paul Paradis
It did, but slowly this year, +Heiko Mahr
Thanks +Tatyana Akindinova – I appreciate your comment. It is a lovely face, in its own way.
симпатяшка! фото красивое.
Looks like spring already found it's way to nova scotia..
Magnifique
Congratulations! HQSP thinks your work is great and you have been included in the April +HQSPwinners group for this shot!
Well done! Please check out the other winning shots on +HQSP Winners and look out for our Winners circle released at the end of each month 🙂 Regards +Terrie Gray
Whatever it was he was quite well hidden
We have beavers here, but no muskrats. Glad the thaw is making food available. Great to be in the right place at the right time. +Ellie Kennard Don't worry about a reply, just keep taking walks and pictures!
Lovely capture!
Love muskrats! They look like little beavers to me! 🙂 Well, until you see that tail!
I hope you have been far enough away from it … I guess they are bigger than normal rats? Nontheless ist's a great picture, I espacially love the colors! :o)
Oh geez!….Absolutely adorable.. .♡!!
Looks like. Nice catch!
Thank you very much +Susanne Stelle – yes, I'm so relieved!
Thank you very much +J. Langille – please be my guest. My posts are all public, of course. My public G+ posts also are on my blog, which is here: https://elliekennard.ca/ and non G+ people are able to comment there if they wish to.
Can I have your permission to show 2 friends of mine, because we were talking about muskrats today at lunch, and neither really knew what they looked like. This pic is perfect!
Excellent pic!
+Ellie Kennard Lovely shot ! Glad you got used to your lenses.