My wife and son and I went for a family walk at Discovery Park this Sunday
afternoon, March 20th. It was a cold and blustery first day of spring. While
walking the loop trail north of the former naval installation, we heard the
distinctive call of a* Barred Owl*. It was answered by another owl further
off in the woods. We were able to located the first caller and had great
looks of it, looking back at us from a cedar. Suddenly my son spotted a
strange mammal foraging under the same tree. We had brief looks at it. It
appeared to be a rodent with now visible tail and ears, about the size of a
muskrat. It was dark gray - almost black. The closest I came up with in a
mammal field guide, was a* Aplodontia*. I had never heard of - or previously
seen one. Is anybody out there familiar with their occurrence at Discovery
Park?

Cheers,

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*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com
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