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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1021526720-1350860784=:63510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Gary=0AWild mink are pretty well distributed all around the coast line o= f Nova Scotia=0Aand they are also found in lakes, rivers and wherever there= is water.=0AWild milk are a dark brown - easy to see it as black in poor l= ight or when the animal=A0=0Ais wet. The yearly harvest for trappers is som= ewhere in the 1000 - 2000 animal range.=0AIt had been 6 - 8 times higher wh= en fishermen cleaned ground fish around wharves=0Aand this attracted the an= imals to the area. The fishermen would see them and know=0Awhere to trap th= em. They are widely scattered today so mink is considered one=A0=0Aof the m= ore difficult furs to harvest.=0ATruly black mink are farm escapes - or the= ir descendents.=0AIt is interested that in Mink area of NS the farmers have= managed to breed a very large=0Ablack mink. The original came from a norma= l litter as I understand the history.=0AIt too has escaped and you may see = an odd one down in Digby county - if=0Ayou do count yourself lucky - I have= only seen one - No it wasn't a Cougar - LOL=0AThere used to be a species o= f large mink called =A0Sea Mink maybe the genes survive=A0=0Ain this animal= - I asked it but it didn't know!=0ALook for mink around shorelines. under = things fish shacks, wharves and so on=0A- a very interesting animal=A0Not e= asy to spot but not impossible. I see in the order of 5 =A0- 10 every year= =0Aand if I can, just think of the number a good observer could see.=0AEnjo= y the fall=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: G= ary Murray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASe= nt: Sunday, October 21, 2012 1:50:27 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] mink etc.= -- was weasel?=0A =0A=0AThanks all, =0A=0AMink had crossed my mind, but wa= sn't sure how plentiful they were aside =0Afrom=A0 farm escapees etc...=0AW= iIl keep an extra eye out for them, as it is part of my "stomping =0Aground= s", and I enjoy bird/animal behaviour watching. =0A=0AAlso, had an eagle re= peatedly dive for large looking fish this morning on =0Athe lake. The fall = colours made a nice backdrop. =0A=0A=0Acheers,=0AGary Murray=0ATucker Lake = =0ABeaverbank NS=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: "Jam= es W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca>=0ADate: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:17:53 -0300=0ASubject: [NatureNS] mink et= c. -- was weasel?=0A=0A> I agree with Dusan that it was almost certainly a = mink -- a good look=A0 =0A> usually shows a white chin, but not easy to see= -- and muskrats are=A0 =0A> favourite prey of minks, which will eat just a= bout anything that=A0 =0A> moves -- and I'll bet minks will search muskrat = lodges and push-ups=A0 =0A> and even use them as retreats.=A0 Cheers from J= im in Wolfville.=0A> =0A> Begin forwarded message:=0A> =0A> > From: Dusan S= oudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0A> > Date: October 20, 2012 8:43:24 PM ADT= =0A> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] weasel?=0A= > > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A> >=0A> > Gary,=0A> >=A0 mink=A0 a= re extremely common along our waterways,=A0 both fresh- and=A0 =0A> > saltw= ater....=0A> > Dusan Soudek=0A> >=0A> > ----- Original Message ----- From: = "Gary Murray"=A0 =0A> > <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca>=0A> > To: "nature ns" = <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=0A> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:58 PM=0A= > > Subject: [NatureNS] weasel?=0A> >=0A> >=0A> >>=0A> >> HI all,=0A> >>=0A= > >> Saw some member of the weasel? family along a rivew near home. It=A0 = =0A> >> looked=0A> >> all brown, and was travelling along the river, though= hard to get=A0 =0A> >> a good=0A> >> look at. There was some brush nearby = like a muskrat.beaver house, and=0A> >> was wondering if maybe if it uses s= omething like that as a den.=0A> >>=0A> >> Any ideas on the species?=0A> >>= =0A> >> Also saw a large garter snake trailside, with a noticeable bulge=A0= =0A> >> in it's=0A> >> midsection. It didn't move at all, maybe digesting = it's meal or=A0 =0A> >> just the=0A> >> cool weather?=0A> >> Thanks,=0A> >>= =0A> >> Gary Murray=0A> >> 176 Tucker Lake=0A> >> Beaverbank NS=0A> >>=0A> = >=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> No virus found in this incoming message.=0A> Checked b= y AVG - www.avg.com =0A> Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5345 -= Release Date: 10/21/12 =0A03:34:00=0A> =0A> ---2114655128-1021526720-1350860784=:63510 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Gary</s= pan></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;= font-style: normal; "><span>Wild mink are pretty well distributed all arou= nd the coast line of Nova Scotia</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, se= rif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>and they ar= e also found in lakes, rivers and wherever there is water.</span></div><div= style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new rom= an', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: n= ormal; "><span>Wild milk are a dark brown - easy to see it as black in poor= light or when the animal </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>is wet. The yea= rly harvest for trappers is somewhere in the 1000 - 2000 animal range.</spa= n></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 't= imes new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; f= ont-style: normal; "><span>It had been 6 - 8 times higher when fishermen cl= eaned ground fish around wharves</span></div><div sty