[NatureNS] Mink at Peggy's Cove

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:15:40 -0300
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I saw a road-killed Mink in Bedford on 
Sunday.  It had made it half-way across the very 
busy Bedford Highway, with Moir's Pond on one 
side and Moir's Mill Road on the other.  I've 
never thought of a Mink as susceptible to being 
hit by a car, but evidently it can happen.

Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax



At 05:34 PM 16/08/2011, you wrote:
>All:
>
>On Sunday, my visiting far-flung family went to Peggy's Cove. Although
>I and others here may be somewhat blasé, there is no doubt that
>scrambling over the granite is greatly enjoyed by come-from-aways.
>
>A bonus this time was a large, dark mink darting over the rocks near
>the high tide mark in full view of scores of visitors. An American
>cousin called out its id, and there was lots of ooh-ing and ah-ing. I
>asked a number of people if they had had ever seen one before, and
>most said no. It then disappeared into a large crevice. I suppose a
>mink could make a living in the general area, but not likely on the
>granite outcrop as such.
>
>Cheers, Ian
>
>Ian McLaren

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