No this isn’t a post about rush hour commuter habits, but the title is certainly true. It was early morning… sunrise to be exact and one of the local rats takes a complicated route around the edge of the pond.
And it was a rat run (with a touch of swimming thrown in). The rat first appeared at the opening to one of the burrowed holes in the bank of the pond.
With nowhere else to go, the first stage of the journey was by water.
The destination, a nearby rock that is still just about breaking the surface.
From there it was up and over the tree roots and down to a small area of what passes for solid ground. Time for a brief rest.
And then back to the hard business of swimming into the thicker cover where there are more underground runs where it could relax safely away from human eyes and camera lenses.
This being something of a reflection on yesterday’s post, I’m pleased to say that I have proof of the flying prowess of the Muscovy ducks. Both made a short flight across the pond. This is the female turning in for splashdown.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
Darko Gedelovski
9 Jan 2014With so many water around, they just don’t have a choice, right? But maybe they like it that way, gives more protection from other animals…
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9 Jan 2014I think they prefer it when it’s dry. They don’t have too many predators but the flooded runs means they have to break cover to get anywhere.