[NatureNS] mouse or mole eating underwater

From: Karen Macleod <karenmacleod01@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:03:38 -0300
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Tree may be a species of Catalpa. We do see a few of these around Pictou =
County.

Karen
On 2013-10-28, at 8:32 PM, darrell@abolitphotos.ca wrote:

> While out in the back woods camping we encountered a mouse to what we =
thought was bathing on a dam. I went and got my 400mm and watched and =
photographed it for about a half hour and noticed that it was actually =
eating something, maybe the algae on the wood. It would duck under the =
falling water, dive in and swim in water and popping around on the =
rocks. in one picture after I got home on the computer I noticed that =
there seems to be some sort of insect on the side of board, see third =
image down, a whitish insect. The mouse spent quite a bit of time in =
that spot but also alot putting it's head under the falling water and =
running up the dam. Very intertaining and puzzling.
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> What kind of mouse or mole is it and is this normal behavior?
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> it doesn't look like a deer mouse to me, this was way back in the =
woods with the nearest house miles away.
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> In the last link I have taken a picture of a tree with seeds pods on =
it, I have no idea what it is but believe it is planted, there are many =
more trees like this in the area but none had the seed pods on it like =
this one.
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Tree =
may be a species of Catalpa. We do see a few of these around Pictou =
County.<div><br></div><div>Karen<br><div><div>On 2013-10-28, at 8:32 PM, =
darrell@abolitphotos.ca =
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0;}</style><p>While
out in the back woods camping we encountered a mouse to what we thought =
was
bathing on a dam. I went and got my 400mm and watched and photographed =
it for
about a half hour and noticed that it was actually eating something, =
maybe the
algae on the wood. It would duck under the falling water, dive in and =
swim in
water and popping around on the rocks. in one picture after I got home =
on the
computer I noticed&nbsp;that there seems to be some sort of insect on =
the side of
board, see third image down, a whitish insect. The mouse spent quite a =
bit of
time in that spot but also alot&nbsp;putting it's head under the falling =
water and
running up the dam. Very intertaining and puzzling.</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>What kind of mouse or mole =
is it and is this normal behavior? </p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>it doesn't look like a deer =
mouse to me, this was way back in the woods with
the nearest house miles away.</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>In the last link I have =
taken a picture of a tree with seeds pods on it, I
have no idea what it is but believe it is planted, there are many more =
trees
like this in the area&nbsp;but none had the seed pods on it like this =
one.</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
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