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  • Alone on the Ice

    Alone on the Ice

    A muskrat finds a small hole in the ice to dive through on the not quite yet frozen up Sturgeon River near Big Lake. A bald eagle was keeping close watch from the nearby power pole.

  • Curiosity

    Curiosity

    When a person stands on the edge of freezing up Big Lake before and during sunrise, even the muskrats begin to wonder what's going on. (The pink water is the reflection from the clouds as the sun came up)

  • Evening munch

    Evening munch

    A beaver munches on some vegetation in the late evening on the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

  • Night Swim

    Night Swim

    A beaver navigates the Sturgeon River at night. Freezing motion was impossible so I panned the camera using a very slow shutter speed combined with a high ISO thereby capturing this movement like effect. Sturgeon County.

  • Muskrat

    Muskrat

    J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

  • Young Muskrat

    Young Muskrat

    Probably one of this year's new arrivals, J Poole Wetland, St Albert

  • Muskrat

    Muskrat

    Chewing on a root, J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

  • Spring Beaver

    Spring Beaver

    The beaver climbed the banks of the Sturgeon River at dusk to munch on the fresh spring grass that has finally made an appearance. Sturgeon County.

  • Evening swim

    Evening swim

    A beaver swims the Sturgeon River at dusk. Sturgeon County.

  • Healthy Meal

    Healthy Meal

    A muskrat eats a crayfish on the shore line of Big Lake. Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

  • Dining out

    Dining out

    A muskrat has found a tasty crayfish to eat in Big Lake. Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

  • Group photo

    Group photo

    A group of muskrats enjoying the cool spring morning sunshine on top of a bed of reeds on the flood plain of Big Lake. They were oblivious to a Bald Eagle circling overhead, I think my presence turned its predatory instincts to self preservation and it flew off. Lois Hole Park. St Albert.

  • Muskrat taking a bite

    Muskrat taking a bite

    A muskrat pauses to take a bite in the J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

  • Wetland Muskrat

    Wetland Muskrat

    A muskrat swims through the J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

  • Bow wave

    Bow wave

    A beaver impressively out swims the current of the swiftly flowing Sturgeon River and creates a bow wave in the reflections caused by the early morning spring sunshine. Sturgeon County.

  • The chase

    The chase

    Muskrat playing (courting?) in the shallow flooded wetlands adjacent to Big Lake, Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

  • Ahh the bliss!!!

    Ahh the bliss!!!

    This guardrail post has became a popular spot for Muskrats to hang out and bask in the warming spring sunshine. Sturgeon River, St Albert.

  • Sleeping at the post

    Sleeping at the post

    This muskrat has found what appears to be convenient spot to build a sleeping platform and perhaps the start of a lodge? It will be in for a bit of a surprise when the river level falls, this is a guard rail post on the bike path that runs underneath Ray Gibbon Drive in St Albert.

  • Intimacy on the river

    Intimacy on the river

    Muskrats sharing an intimate moment. Sturgeon River, St Albert.

  • The food chain

    The food chain

    A crayfish finds itself at the bottom the food chain, the muskrat doesn't know that it is not at the top...yet, as snowy owls lurk over the Sturgeon River during a mid-January thaw. St Albert.

  • Prey

    Prey

    A muskrat on a fishing hole in the Sturgeon River during a late January thaw, seemingly oblivious to a snowy owl silently watching from the bank. St Albert.

  • Muskrat for New Year's

    Muskrat for New Year's

    A muskrat sitting on the partially frozen Sturgeon River in St Albert....in January!

  • Fall reflections

    Fall reflections

    A beaver swims through reflections of the fall foliage growing on the banks of the Sturgeon River.

  • Beaver in the Sturgeon River

    Beaver in the Sturgeon River

    The bright morning sun highlights this beaver swimming in the Sturgeon River.

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