A Muskrat swimming up the Sturgeon River near Big Lake, St Albert.
I am sure he was aware of my presence but was too concentrated on bulking up for the rut and winter to worry too much about my intentions, a dangerous attitude to take in about two weeks time when he becomes fair game for hunters. Sturgeon County.
A bull moose in velvet browsing the lush vegetation on the banks of the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.