Saturday, July 10, 2010

Photo Drive

I was taking a picture of a black metal buffalo sign, when...
wait...
there's a real buffalo in the background!
LOL

Anyway, discovered someone is raising a herd of buffaloes around here.



American bison (Bison bison)
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wiki

Cormorant

Several scenes near water like this:

Couldn't get closer than that.

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
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cornell

And what do we have here:

Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
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I thought it was just some debris in the water at first.
The tail is like a rat, not flat like a beaver.
Muskrats are smaller than beavers.
Also the area, just a roadside water hole or creek.
Plus the time of day, late morning.
It all just added up to muskrat, not beaver.

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