Unexpected

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On a recent birding cruise, I came upon two unexpected sights. First the appearance of long tendrils of smoke emitting from the treetops and down the centre of the road. Not smoke, it turned out but bugs. Swarms of bugs.

Then I noticed a number of ripples in the watery ditch at the side of the road. Muskrat!

Can’t say I found many birds, but the outing was successful thanks to the unexpected.

(For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: unexpected.)

11 thoughts on “Unexpected”

anotherkatewilson says:

May 21, 2021 at 6:16 am

Wow! That is really cool – both the bugs and the muskrat. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a photo of a muskrat before, just Tove Janssons drawing of the Muskrat in the Moomin stories. 😀

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1. VJ Knutson says:
  
  May 21, 2021 at 8:20 am
  
  This was my first muskrat – had to come home and do some research. Playful fellow. Thanks.
  
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Liz Gauffreau says:

May 20, 2021 at 6:18 pm

I’m wondering what kind of bugs they were as well. I’ve never seem that massive a swarm.

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1. VJ Knutson says:
  
  May 21, 2021 at 8:12 am
  
  The annoying kind. There were thousands of them. Good for attracting birds. Not so appealing for birders.
  
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sgeoil says:

May 20, 2021 at 3:05 pm

Oh wow! That had to be a ginormous bug squall for you to have captured it at such a distance!! I wonder what kind of bugs they were?!

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1. VJ Knutson says:
  
  May 21, 2021 at 8:06 am
  
  Just what we call gnats, I think. Annoying but not biting.
  
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  1. sgeoil says:
    
    May 21, 2021 at 8:50 am
    
    Oh yes, I know the gnat…very annoying!
    
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Hammad Rais says:

May 20, 2021 at 1:25 pm

Wow!
Good to know that you were quite afar from that bug swarm 🙂

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1. VJ Knutson says:
  
  May 21, 2021 at 8:03 am
  
  Actually, when I looked ahead, the road was lined with rows of them. Ugh.
  
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Deborah says:

May 20, 2021 at 11:42 am

It’s so cute! 🙂 ❤

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1. VJ Knutson says:
  
  May 20, 2021 at 11:51 am
  
  And fun to watch. Thanks.
  
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