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style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin- Thanks all, Mink had crossed my mind, but wasn't sure how plentiful they were aside from farm escapees etc... WiIl keep an extra eye out for them, as it is part of my "stomping grounds", and I enjoy bird/animal behaviour watching. Also, had an eagle repeatedly dive for large looking fish this morning on the lake. The fall colours made a nice backdrop. cheers, Gary Murray Tucker Lake Beaverbank NS ----- Original Message ----- From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:17:53 -0300 Subject: [NatureNS] mink etc. -- was weasel? > I agree with Dusan that it was almost certainly a mink -- a good look > usually shows a white chin, but not easy to see -- and muskrats are > favourite prey of minks, which will eat just about anything that > moves -- and I'll bet minks will search muskrat lodges and push-ups > and even use them as retreats. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > > Date: October 20, 2012 8:43:24 PM ADT > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] weasel? > > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > > Gary, > > mink are extremely common along our waterways, both fresh- and > > saltwater.... > > Dusan Soudek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Murray" > > <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: "nature ns" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:58 PM > > Subject: [NatureNS] weasel? > > > > > >> > >> HI all, > >> > >> Saw some member of the weasel? family along a rivew near home. It > >> looked > >> all brown, and was travelling along the river, though hard to get > >> a good > >> look at. There was some brush nearby like a muskrat.beaver house, and > >> was wondering if maybe if it uses something like that as a den. > >> > >> Any ideas on the species? > >> > >> Also saw a large garter snake trailside, with a noticeable bulge > >> in it's > >> midsection. It didn't move at all, maybe digesting it's meal or > >> just the > >> cool weather? > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Gary Murray > >> 176 Tucker Lake > >> Beaverbank NS > >> > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5345 - Release Date: 10/21/12 03:34:00 > >
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