Nature Done Wright

Until the recent thaw, I have been out on the ice on Lake Appert regularly, often on cross-country skis, looking for Meaty McMeat Goose (the abandoned Chinese Goose) and just checking on stuff.

I fear Meaty is no more. I have also noted a total lack of muskrat huts this winter.

In years past, I have counted as many as four, and three winters ago Marsh Warden Mike Limatola photographed a huge muskrat hut here.

I notice that I posted a similar mystery seven years. Maybe these things are cyclical, or not.

I came across an explanation, with a link in this post.

That's a pretty good guess as to where the muskrats went.  Julie McCall took this Celery Farm muskrat shot six winters ago. (Thanks, Julie!)