Common Muskrat

2011-10-14 Lower Austria, district Wien-Umgebung - Fischa river alluvial forest (160 msm Quadrant 7965/1).See also remarks here.

Back and forth, harvesting grass to take back to the den all day can be tiring.Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusShearness PoolBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D E-M1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14In-Camera Digitial Teleconverter: Onf/9 1/1500 ISO 250 560mm25 June 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

Muskrats dine on plants and also eat small fish, frogs, snails, clams, and mussels.Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusRed Clay CreekAshland Nature CenterDelaware Nature SocietyNew Castle County, Delaware USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 1.4x Teleconverter4 May 2023#1stPixAshlandNatureCenterPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

Cadron Township, Arkansas, United States

Squirrels and other fur-bearersBoston ;Houghton Mifflin company,c1909.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17350229

Muskrat. During Soft Rain in the Lower Columbia Basin. By Blake Matheson.

Make the most of browsing on the bank, just a few feet from your custom built muskrat lodge. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D E-M1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-1421 June 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

Whatever it's after, must be good to the last drop.Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D E-M1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-1421 June 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

I imagine once they finish decorating the den, she'll insist they re-do the kitchen too.Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusShearness PoolBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D E-M1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14f/9 1/640 ISO 250 560mm25 June 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

The wild beasts of the world. v.1.London :T. C. & E. C. Jack,[1909?]biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19058808

Annual report /.[Albany, N.Y. :The Commission,1903]-1911.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39869072

I wonder if that aids with digestion?Muskrat Ondatra zibethicusRed Clay CreekAshland Nature CenterDelaware Nature SocietyNew Castle County, Delaware USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 1.4x Teleconverter4 May 2023#1stPixAshlandNatureCenterPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix Instagram