Muskrat War

[Normcar]

I just witnessed a wonder of nature and a battle.

I was sitting on the bank of the pond photographing the Avocet when a muskrat swam by.



This Muskrat parked itself on the bank and went about it's business with the Avocet and Willet seemingly ignoring the beast. I was amazed but then again I don't know much about nature and the habits of animals.



These animals seemed to get along better than some relatives I know. I was surprised.





Then "another" muskrat swam past me looking like he meant business



He wasn't so nice and seemed to have a great desire to rock the boat (I'm assuming that it was a "he")



And he rocked it



And rocked it (the rat's the lump of fur and water splashbelow the bird on the right)



Then the "gentle" one seemed to get in on the boat rocking and both muskrats turned into real rats (now two lumps of fur)



The male rat turned the female rat into a maniac (is there a lesson here?)





And how was your day?

[photosbyvito]

wow! cool story!

shots # 1,3,5 are the best! the second is nice too but those were just great i love the 5th one! great detail!

nice shots norm! i like reading your posts..a good amount of the time they have stories with them i like that!

Vito