Or more like green pond in this case... So I was working out on the deck today and heard some weird sloshing and gurgling out at the pond. I figured it was just Nessie the muskrat doing stuff, but since I had the camera out with me I figured I'd go see if I could get some pics.
Just as I got out there I heard a loud splash and saw ripples in the pond. Yup, probably missed her. Then I saw some of the cattails on the far side moving around a bunch - looked like when I've seen the muskrat chew them off at the base and then take them underwater. Just as I was aiming the camera and zooming in (I wasn't sure what I was seeing), something splashed once, and then a bunch of rapid-fire splashes as this...THING!....came skipping across the pond at me, from the far side, about halfway across before disappearing into the water.
Just as I got out there I heard a loud splash and saw ripples in the pond. Yup, probably missed her. Then I saw some of the cattails on the far side moving around a bunch - looked like when I've seen the muskrat chew them off at the base and then take them underwater. Just as I was aiming the camera and zooming in (I wasn't sure what I was seeing), something splashed once, and then a bunch of rapid-fire splashes as this...THING!....came skipping across the pond at me, from the far side, about halfway across before disappearing into the water.
Since I had the camera up and in the general direction, I clicked the button a couple times before it disappeared, and got these two shots. You can make out something...green and shiny? I'm guessing a frog was making it's way across, hopping across the water? Maybe it was fighting free from the muskrat and I startled the muskrat? Who knows. Very odd!
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