Wild Wild Woods: muskrat take-in dinner

5/15/2020

muskrat take-in dinner

This adult Muskrat is probably taking a meal home to the nest. They can bear more than one litter per year. Carrying this much food, rather than eating on the spot, suggests this adult has a litter unable yet to feed on their own. In Minnesota, Muskrats, Ondatra zibethicus, eat vegetation they they find and harvest in wetlands. They weigh 2 to 5 pounds, and live in burrows or domed nests on the edge of ponds or streams.

About this blog "Wild Wild Woods"

Through 2018, the posts on "wild wild woods" were photos taken in my bird garden and a set-aside strip of land that was the old fence row when the suburban lots in my neighborhood were farmed land. That wooded area sheltered a variety of plants and wildlife among the trees, understory, and a brushpile.

Now, my windows look out on a pond.

My new location is another former farm field that became a neighborhood. Fortunately, the wetland was preserved. It includes a pond surrounded by wildflowers, grasses, reeds, and a few trees.

I am pleased to observe and enjoy these places for birds, critters, and plants of central Minnesota.

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5/15/2020

muskrat take-in dinner