[NatureNS] MInks & Weasels

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:21:35 -0400
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Interesting - most of the mink I saw around Bear River when I was growing up 
were brown -  most of the ones I have seen around Barrington are dark black. 
I have seen several like this under the Bridge in Barrington, and around the 
museum there.

Roland.
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From: "Lois Codling" <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] MInks & Weasels


> Both messages came through the same for me, Angus.
>
> Lois Codling
>
> On 11/03/2011 1:09 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:
>> When I received this message I sent last night, the message had been 
>> "snipped" in the middle. Did everyone else get the full message. (just 
>> wondering if there was a word somewhere that did not sit well with the 
>> spam filter??).
>> Angus
>>
>> At 11:31 PM 3/10/2011, you wrote:
>>
>>>> There are two duplexes across the road from us. A few days ago, there 
>>>> were two people standing in front of one of the duplexes chatting & a 
>>>> mink which had been around the other duplex, scurried right by them but 
>>>> they did not see it!! It reminded me of an similar happening I observed 
>>>> a number of years ago in a Nat. Park in Manitoba where a weasel was 
>>>> hanging out in a heavily used green area. This weasel, which managed to 
>>>> hold on to its white coat well into May, would "stand" quite near one 
>>>> of the paths as people sauntered by. It appeared none of the visitors 
>>>> saw it, amazing in the extreme.
>>>
>>> Angus
>>>
>>>>
>>>> A neighbour saw an unexpected sight two days ago.   A lovely dark brown 
>>>> mink
>>>> ran across her backyard stopping briefly under her bird feeders before 
>>>> it
>>>> continued on through the garden and disappeared.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Judy Tufts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Judy Tufts
>>>>
>>>>  Wolfville NS
>>>>
>>>> <<<<<<<<<<
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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