Playful Muskrat
Our resident muskrat was busy yesterday swimming back and forth in the cove while its mate scratched and dug in the dried grasses and thawing mud along shore. One time he swam straight toward me as I sat on the dock then disappeared underneath. The Mallard duck curiously eyes the feisty muskrat as it stops at nothing to get where it is going, cutting any creature off who might be in the way.
Here he is swimming rapidly toward me just before ducking under the dock.
More tomorrow.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska artist
