[NatureNS] Re: mouse or mole eating underwater

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Definitely a water shrew, see them frequently around beaver ponds and in
muskrat houses.


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 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. Ve=
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> intertaining and puzzling.
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> it doesn't look like a deer mouse to me, this was way back in the woods
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Definitely a water shrew, see them frequently around beave=
r ponds and in muskrat houses.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:32 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:darrell@abolitphotos.ca" target=3D"_blank">darrell@ab=
olitphotos.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><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 f=
or
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 t=
he
computer I noticed=A0that 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=A0putting it&#39;s head under the falling w=
ater and
running up the dam. Very intertaining and puzzling.</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>What kind of mouse or mole is it and is this normal behavior? </p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>it doesn&#39;t look like a deer mouse to me, this was way back in the wo=
ods with
the nearest house miles away.</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<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=A0but none had the seed pods on it like this one.</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/animals/_mg_9827mou=
seeatingondam_3" target=3D"_blank">http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/=
p/animals/_mg_9827mouseeatingondam_3</a></p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/animals/_mg_9829mou=
seondam_3" target=3D"_blank">http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/anim=
als/_mg_9829mouseondam_3</a></p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/animals/_mg_9812mou=
sefeedingondam_3" target=3D"_blank">http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com=
/p/animals/_mg_9812mousefeedingondam_3</a></p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/miscellaneous/_mg_2=
012unknowntree_16" target=3D"_blank">http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.co=
m/p/miscellaneous/_mg_2012unknowntree_16</a></p>
<p>=A0</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Darrell</p>
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