{"id":8690,"date":"2026-09-30T09:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:02:15","slug":"muskrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/muskrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Muskrat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought I had a muskrat post before but didn&#8217;t find one; ok, here&#8217;s one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6947.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2200\" data-lbwps-height=\"1467\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6947.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; 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&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1000s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO2200&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" data-id=\"8686\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8686\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6957.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2200\" data-lbwps-height=\"1467\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6957.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;600mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1000s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO2200&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" data-id=\"8687\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8687\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6963.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2200\" data-lbwps-height=\"1467\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6963.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;250mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/5.6&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1000s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1100&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" data-id=\"8688\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8688\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6975.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2200\" data-lbwps-height=\"1467\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6975.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;220mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/5.6&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1000s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO900&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" data-id=\"8689\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260911_Z8MAS__DSC6975.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8689\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, actually, I think I did a muskrat post before &#8211; but I called it a beaver haha:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mark-schaefer-photography wp-block-embed-mark-schaefer-photography\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fQVN16Ltz3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/leave-it-to-beaver\/\">Leave it to Beaver&#8230; (Muskrat)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cLeave it to Beaver\u2026 (Muskrat)\u201d \u2014 Mark Schaefer Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/leave-it-to-beaver\/embed\/#?secret=XuoLSpMcsP#?secret=fQVN16Ltz3\" data-secret=\"fQVN16Ltz3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I had a muskrat post before but didn&#8217;t find one; ok, here&#8217;s one!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/muskrat\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Muskrat<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[24,85],"class_list":["post-8690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muskrats","tag-loch-raven-reservoir","tag-lower-dam","ratio-3-2","excerpt"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8690"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8713,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690\/revisions\/8713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}