October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
January 27, 2020
Monday Morning Mystery 012720
Where did all the Celery Farm Mukrats go?
I haven't seen any of them — or their lodges — in a long time.
Eleven years ago, I counted 10 Muskrat huts on the lake, as I noted here.
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Sad to hear. Perhaps the presence of mink & foxes are the reason. Apparently both will hunt muskrat. Foxes have been seen recently. When was a mink last seen?
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I always had pics of Muskrats 2004 on til there were none zI could see
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Sad to hear. Perhaps the presence of mink & foxes are the reason. Apparently both will hunt muskrat. Foxes have been seen recently. When was a mink last seen?
Sallyt
I always had pics of Muskrats 2004 on til there were none zI could see