[NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:42:56 -0300
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> From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: June 27, 2014 12:37:20 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Barry and Elizabeth  
> Yoell <b.e.yoell@xcountry.tv>
> Cc: Sherman Boates <boatesjs@gov.ns.ca>, "Peter Austin-Smith Jr."  
> <austinpj@gov.ns.ca>, Mark F Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] probable fisher sighting kings co ns
>
> Re George's question about the fisher's status in King's County, I  
> recall that 15 years ago or more, in winter, Barry Yoell had a  
> pretty good sighting of almost certainly a fisher in his yard at  
> Lumsden Reservoir.  And later Mark Elderkin checked the tracks in  
> the snow and determined that they were very probably from a  
> fisher.  I think this was written up by Barry for the Blomidon  
> Naturalists newsletter?
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com>
>> Date: June 27, 2014 9:40:27 AM ADT
>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> And now Halifax Metro News has picked up the story of the Bronx  
>> Fisher, with a nice video taken from somebody's back porch. This  
>> gives a good view of what they look like in the 'wild'.
>>
>> http://metronews.ca/news/world/1079184/bronx-mystery-creature-is- 
>> member-of-weasel-family/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Rick Ballard  
>> <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Interestingly, just after I read this, I read an article regarding  
>> a Fisher found living in the Bronx in New York City. Probably a  
>> smorgasbord of squirrels and rats.
>>
>> http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-solved-for-strange- 
>> animal-found-scurrying-around-the-bronx/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, John and Nhung  
>> <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>> Back in the early spring of 2007, something long , low, dark, and  
>> very fast shot across a wooded road between Hectanooga and  
>> Norwood, just inside Digby county, about 100 meters in front of  
>> our car.  My wife noticed a fairly bushy tail, and the picture of  
>> a fisher looked right.
>>
>>
>>
>> Plenty of porcupines around to feed them.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens- 
>> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of desolatechair
>> Sent: June-26-14 10:19 PM
>> To: naturens
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns
>>
>>
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>>
>> I saw a Fisher in woods on the Bog road, between Hantsport and  
>> Falmouth,in Feb. 2010.
>>
>>
>>
>> It was way too fast to get a photo but I do have excellent photos  
>> of the prints, which have been verified by reliable third parties.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jamie
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>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
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>> -------- Original message --------
>>
>> From: "George E. Forsyth"
>>
>> Date:06-26-2014 9:55 PM (GMT-04:00)
>>
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> Subject: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> My son called me this afternoon from his truck in a new orchard he is
>> managing near Morristown, Kings Co,NS. 44.987921, -64.753974  He said
>> that he had seen a badger, I told him that they didn't live in Nova
>> Scotia. He has seen badgers in Alberta and Saskatchewan while he
>> worked in wilderness areas, he did habitat assessments and badger
>> surveys. This animal today ran in front of his truck and underneath a
>> large pile if poles that will be used to build a trellis for the new
>> orchard. He didn't get out of the truck as he believed it to be a
>> badger, and he was unable to take a picture of the animal.
>>
>> After he described the animal that he had seen, I looked up the
>> article that was written by Barry Sabean a number of years ago, and
>> read the description to him. The two descriptions matched, and I then
>> linked him to a video of a fisher taken in Connecticut.  He felt that
>> this also matched what he had seen.
>>
>> He then told me that there had been three areas in the orchard where
>> he had daily seen groundhogs, but he now notes that they are now not
>> being seen. A fisher in the area would do well having groundhog  
>> dinners!
>>
>> How common are fishers, and have they been seen in Kings County?
>>
>> George Forsyth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Rick Ballard
>> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Rick Ballard
>> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
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