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ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = ---1603101515-1972279536-1404303100=:48014 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Rick and All=0AI have difficulty telling which is a martin=A0 and which = is a fisher. I've never seen enough of either to be sure of the difference.= Any easy clues?=0AMy best m/f story was at Keji maybe 20 years ago. It was= in March and the snow was nearly gone so I walked from the Fish Hatchery t= o Loon Lake Cabin. Its 9 km so when I got there I sat in a sunny spot to ha= ve my tea. It was beside the river.=0AAs I was eating I saw a squirrel in a= big red maple tree across the river. The branches came out over the water.= I was watching the squirrel when I spotted a martin or a fisher - not sure= which - chasing the squirrel which thought it was on the m/f lunch menu. T= he squirrel kept getting out on smaller branches, with the weasel just behi= nd. When the squirrel could go no further both were on the same branch no b= igger than my thumb. In a last attempt the squirrel jumped to another branc= h and this set the branch the m/f was on vibrating rather badly. The m/f lo= st its balance and fell in the water.=0AThe water was cold and the m/f didn= 't know how to swim but kept trying to walk on the water. Finally its effor= ts plus the current got it close enough that it could climb out on shore.= =0AIt was cold and wet and started to shake the water out of its coat. That= animal could shake - walk a few feet and shake again. finally it disappear= ed in the forest.=0AA great memory.=0AI hope you all take the chance to wal= k in the forest - never know what you will see. Its not important if you kn= ow the difference between a martin and a fisher - lots of folks know who ne= ver saw either in the wild!=0AEnjoy the summer=0APaul =0A=0A=0AOn Friday, J= une 27, 2014 7:59:39 AM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:=0A =0A= =0A=0AInterestingly, just after I read this, I read an article regarding a = Fisher found living in the Bronx in New York City. Probably a smorgasbord o= f squirrels and rats. =0A=0Ahttp://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-= solved-for-strange-animal-found-scurrying-around-the-bronx/=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0AOn Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.c= a> wrote:=0A=0ABack in the early spring of 2007, something long , low, dark= , and very fast shot across a wooded road between Hectanooga and Norwood, j= ust inside Digby county, about 100 meters in front of our car.=A0 My wife n= oticed a fairly bushy tail, and the picture of a fisher looked right. =0A>= =A0=0A>Plenty of porcupines around to feed them. =0A>=A0=0A>From:naturens-o= wner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of des= olatechair=0A>Sent: June-26-14 10:19 PM=0A>To: naturens=0A>Subject: Re: [Na= tureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns=0A>=A0 =0A>George=0A>=A0=0A>I = saw a Fisher in woods on the Bog road, between Hantsport and Falmouth,in Fe= b. 2010. =0A>=A0=0A>It was way too fast to get a photo but I do have excell= ent photos of the prints, which have been verified by reliable third partie= s. =0A>=A0=0A>Jamie=0A>=A0=0A>=A0=0A>=A0=0A>=A0=0A>Sent from Samsung Mobile= =0A>=A0=0A>-------- Original message --------=0A>From: "George E. Forsyth" = =0A>Date:06-26-2014 9:55 PM (GMT-04:00) =0A>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca = =0A>Subject: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns =0A>=A0=0A>He= llo All,=0A>=0A>My son called me this afternoon from his truck in a new orc= hard he is=A0 =0A>managing near Morristown, Kings Co,NS. 44.987921, -64.753= 974=A0 He said=A0 =0A>that he had seen a badger, I told him that they didn'= t live in Nova=A0 =0A>Scotia. He has seen badgers in Alberta and Saskatchew= an while he=A0 =0A>worked in wilderness areas, he did habitat assessments a= nd badger=A0 =0A>surveys. This animal today ran in front of his truck and u= nderneath a=A0 =0A>large pile if poles that will be used to build a trellis= for the new=A0 =0A>orchard. He didn't get out of the truck as he believed = it to be a=A0 =0A>badger, and he was unable to take a picture of the animal= .=0A>=0A>After he described the animal that he had seen, I looked up the=A0= =0A>article that was written by Barry Sabean a number of years ago, and=A0= =0A>read the description to him. The two descriptions matched, and I then= =A0 =0A>linked him to a video of a fisher taken in Connecticut.=A0 He felt = that=A0 =0A>this also matched what he had seen.=0A>=0A>He then told me that= there had been three areas in the orchard where=A0 =0A>he had daily seen g= roundhogs, but he now notes that they are now not=A0 =0A>being seen. A fish= er in the area would do well having groundhog dinners!=0A>=0A>How common ar= e fishers, and have they been seen in Kings County?=0A>=0A>George Forsyth= =0A>=0A>=0A=0A=0A-- =0ARick Ballard =0ADartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada ---1603101515-1972279536-1404303100=:48014 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:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Rick and All</span></div><div><span>I have diff= iculty telling which is a martin and which is a fisher. I've never se= en enough of either to be sure of the difference. Any easy clues?</span></d= iv><div><span>My best m/f story was at Keji maybe 20 years ago. It was in M= arch and the snow was nearly gone so I walked from the Fish Hatchery to Loo= n Lake Cabin. Its 9 km so when I got there I sat in a sunny spot to have my= tea. It was beside the river.</span></div><div><span>As I was eating I saw= a squirrel in a big red maple tree across the river. The branches came out= over the water. I was watching the squirrel when I spotted a martin or a f= isher - not sure which - chasing the squirrel which thought it was on the m= /f lunch menu. The squirrel kept getting out on smaller branches, with the weasel just behind. When the squirrel could go no further both were on= the same branch no bigger than my thumb. In a last attempt the squirrel ju= mped to another branch and this set the branch the m/f was on vibrating rat= her badly. The m/f lost its balance and fell in the water.</span></div><div= ><span>The water was cold and the m/f didn't know how to swim but kept tryi= ng to walk on the water. Finally its efforts plus the current got it close = enough that it could climb out on shore.</span></div><div><span>It was cold= and wet and started to shake the water out of its coat. That animal could = shake - walk a few feet and shake again. finally it disappeared in the fore= st.</span></div><div><span>A great memory.</span></div><div><span>I hope yo= u all take the chance to walk in the forest - never know what you will see.= Its not important if you know the difference between a martin and a fisher= - lots of folks know who never saw either in the wild!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the summer</span></div><div><span>Paul<= /span></div> <div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yahoo= _quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeu= e, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: = 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica= , Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Friday, June 27, 2014 7:59:39 AM, Rick Ba= llard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div = class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv2133791061"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><= div class=3D"yiv2133791061gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: georgia, ser= if;">Interestingly, just after I read this, I read an article regarding a F= isher found living in the Bronx in New York City. Probably a smorgasbord of= squirrels and rats.</div>=0A<div class=3D"yiv2133791061gmail_default" styl= e=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;"><br clear=3D"none"></div><div class=3D"y= iv2133791061gmail_default"><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><a href=3D"http://= newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-solved-for-strange-animal-found-scu= rrying-around-the-bronx/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect"= >http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-solved-for-strange-animal-f= ound-scurrying-around-the-bronx/</a></font><br clear=3D"none">=0A</div><div= class=3D"yiv2133791061gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;= "><br clear=3D"none"></div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061gmail_default" style= =3D"font-family: georgia, serif;"><br clear=3D"none"></div></div><div class= =3D"yiv2133791061gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><div cl= ass=3D"yiv2133791061yqt6908567953" id=3D"yiv2133791061yqt99819"><div class= =3D"yiv2133791061gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, John and Nhu= ng <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target=3D= "_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastli= nk.ca">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none">=0A<bl= ockquote class=3D"yiv2133791061gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.= 8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-= width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div lang=3D"EN-CA"><div><div class= =3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">Back in the ea= rly spring of 2007, something long , low, dark, and very fast shot across a= wooded road between Hectanooga and Norwood, just inside Digby county, abou= t 100 meters in front of our car. My wife noticed a fairly bushy tail= , and the picture of a fisher looked right.<u></u><u></u></span></div>=0A<d= iv class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"><u></u= > <u></u></span></div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt;">Plenty of porcupines around to feed them.<u></u><u><= /u></span></div>=0A<div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon= t-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style=3D"border-w= idth: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(1= 81, 196, 223) currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;">=0A<div cla= ss=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 1= 0pt;">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> <a h= ref=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofol= low" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">nature= ns-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mail= to:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On = Behalf Of </b>desolatechair<br clear=3D"none">=0A<b>Sent:</b> June-26-14 10= :19 PM<br clear=3D"none"><b>To:</b> naturens<br clear=3D"none"><b>Subject:<= /b> Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns<u></u><u></u></span= ></div></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061h5"><div class=3D"yiv213= 3791061MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div>=0A<div><div class=3D"yiv213379= 1061MsoNormal">George<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv213379= 1061MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv213379= 1061MsoNormal">I saw a Fisher in woods on the Bog road, between Hantsport a= nd Falmouth,in Feb. 2010.<u></u><u></u></div>=0A</div><div><div class=3D"yi= v2133791061MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yi= v2133791061MsoNormal">It was way too fast to get a photo but I do have exce= llent photos of the prints, which have been verified by reliable third part= ies.<u></u><u></u></div>=0A</div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"= ><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"= >Jamie<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">= <u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">= <u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">= =0A<u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNorma= l"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061Mso= Normal"><span style=3D"color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 7pt;">Sent from S= amsung Mobile<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div class=3D"yiv213379= 1061MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;">=0A<u></u> <u></u></div>= <div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">-------- Original message ------= --<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">From= : "George E. Forsyth" <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv21337= 91061MsoNormal">Date:06-26-2014 9:55 PM (GMT-04:00) <u></u><u></u></div>=0A= </div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">To: <a href=3D"mailto:natu= rens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymai= lto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <u></u><= u></u></div></div><div><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal">Subject: [Natu= reNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns <u></u><u></u></div>=0A</div><di= v><div class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><di= v class=3D"yiv2133791061MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;">Hello All= ,<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">My son called me this afternoon from= his truck in a new orchard he is <br clear=3D"none">managing near Mo= rristown, Kings Co,NS. 44.987921, -64.753974 He said <br clear= =3D"none">=0Athat he had seen a badger, I told him that they didn't live in= Nova <br clear=3D"none">Scotia. He has seen badgers in Alberta and S= askatchewan while he <br clear=3D"none">worked in wilderness areas, h= e did habitat assessments and badger <br clear=3D"none">surveys. This= animal today ran in front of his truck and underneath a <br clear=3D= "none">=0Alarge pile if poles that will be used to build a trellis for the = new <br clear=3D"none">orchard. He didn't get out of the truck as he = believed it to be a <br clear=3D"none">badger, and he was unable to t= ake a picture of the animal.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">After he = described the animal that he had seen, I looked up the <br clear=3D"n= one">=0Aarticle that was written by Barry Sabean a number of years ago, and= <br clear=3D"none">read the description to him. The two descriptions= matched, and I then <br clear=3D"none">linked him to a video of a fi= sher taken in Connecticut. He felt that <br clear=3D"none">=0At= his also matched what he had seen.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">He = then told me that there had been three areas in the orchard where <br= clear=3D"none">he had daily seen groundhogs, but he now notes that they ar= e now not <br clear=3D"none">being seen. A fisher in the area would d= o well having groundhog dinners!<br clear=3D"none">=0A<br clear=3D"none">Ho= w common are fishers, and have they been seen in Kings County?<br clear=3D"= none"><br clear=3D"none">George Forsyth<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none= "><u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br = clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"all"><div><br clear=3D"none"></div>-- <br clear= =3D"none"><span style=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;">Rick Ballard </span>= <br clear=3D"none" style=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;">=0A<span style=3D= "font-family: georgia, serif;">Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada </span><br cle= ar=3D"none" style=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style=3D"font-fami= ly: georgia, serif;"></span>=0A</div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </d= iv> </div> </div></body></html> ---1603101515-1972279536-1404303100=:48014--
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