You looking at me?

Here kitty, kitty

Go check out Robin's prose and pictures of a bobcat in the post Pleasure moves on too early at Dharma Bums. There's a series of three earlier posts as well, with more pictures celebrating the joy of encounters with wildlife and the reflections such encounters provoke.

Moby Groundhog swims again

I think he's swimming laps

The groundhog, that is. He or she seems to spend a lot of time in the water, including nearly an hour paddling around this morning.

I've seen him get in and out of the creek, so I know he's a groundhog and not a beaver or muskrat.

Yes, they can swim

Thanks to Mrs Gray's classroom and their report on the groundhog, I can report that groundhogs can indeed swim. Thanks also to my hubby who was intrigued enough with the question to go look for the answer.

The U of M Biodiverstiy Website entry on groundhogs notes "Though observed mostly on the ground, woodchucks have been seen climbing trees to reach food and swimming with only their head and nose above water." This is exactly the behavior I observed.

Can groundhogs swim?

I swear I saw one paddling around the wetlands!

Also, today brought the morning sighting of a racoon and the evening sighting of a doe.