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that there had been three areas in the orchar ---1663062914-1182680989-1404397552=:42005 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting Angus=0AAbundance Ranking for Furbearer Harvest 2012 - 2013 (t= wo tables)=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 gives a figure o= f 0.29 for marten and 1.13 for fisher. Marten is listed for all counties sa= ve 2 and fisher save 1.=0AHow these figures are arrived at I have no idea.= =0ASo the odds of an unknown small cat sized weasel favors fisher by a good= margin. No doubt some will conjure up a cougar from either! =0AEnjoy the s= ummer=0APaul =0A=0A=0AOn Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:46:25 AM, Angus MacLean = <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0AMartens have been introduced twi= ce into Keji. The last was a substantial number from Maine, I believe. They= are known for their wanderlust & Keji is too small to "hold" them. From my= days at Fundy N.P. I recall one individual (caught in Nfld) radio-collared= , who turned up on the South Shore (location?). It was=A0 recaptured & surp= risingly stayed around Fundy after that. Fundy is also small (as a N.P.) & = many of the 20 released were found outside the park boundaries.=0AAngus=0A= =0A=0ADate: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 06:14:13 -0300=0ASubject: RE: [NatureNS] fisher= vs marten -- was probable fisher sighting kings co ns=0AFrom: desolatechai= r@gmail.com=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A=0A=0AIndeed tgere was a Pine M= arten relocation effort in Keji, I'm guessing late 80's. =A0I believe there= was also a reintroduction effort in the Cape Breton highlands as well.=0A= =0AJamie=0A=0A=0ASent from Samsung Mobile=0A=0A=0A-------- Original message= --------=0AFrom: James Hirtle =0ADate:07-02-2014 11:33 PM (GMT-04:00) = =0ATo: Naturens Naturens =0ASubject: RE: [NatureNS] fisher vs marten -- was= probable fisher sighting kings co ns =0A=0AHi Paul and all:=0A=A0=0AI saw = a martin, I can't remember the exact location now, but the sighting occurre= d a number of years ago now in the vacinity of Keji.=A0 At the time of my i= nquiry of this sighting I was advised that a martin relocation program had = been done within Keji Park to try and re-establish this species and a study= was being done.=A0 My sighting could have been one of the martin's from th= is study that had spread out establishing a territory away from Keji.=A0 It= would be nice if anyone could elaborate upon this study and if it is still= ongoing.=A0 All the best,=0A=A0=0AJames R. Hirtle=0ABridgewater=A0=0A=0A= =A0=0A=0ACC: elderkmf@gov.ns.ca; b.e.yoell@xcountry.tv=0AFrom: jimwolford@e= astlink.ca=0ASubject: [NatureNS] fisher vs marten -- was probable fisher si= ghting kings co ns=0ADate: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:34:43 -0300=0ATo: naturens@ch= ebucto.ns.ca=0A=0APaul and everyone, I am one who has never seen either one= in the wild, but I would like to know from Paul how much bigger his marten= or fisher was compared with the red squirrel? =A0Fishers, I believe, are q= uite a bit bigger than martens, although each species shows marked sexual d= imarphism with males bigger than females. =A0=0A=0AFinally, a martin is a b= ird not a mammal. =A0=0A=0ACheers from Jim=0A=0A=0A=0ABegin forwarded messa= ge:=0A=0AFrom: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>=0A>Date: July 2, 201= 4 9:11:40 AM ADT=0A>To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>= =0A>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns=0A>Reply-T= o: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>=0A> =0A>Hi Rick and All=0A>I 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?=0A>My best m/f sto= ry was at Keji maybe 20 years ago. It was in March and the snow was nearly = gone so I walked from the Fish Hatchery to Loon Lake Cabin. Its 9 km so whe= n I got there I sat in a sunny spot to have my tea. It was beside the river= .=0A>As I was eating I saw a squirrel in a big red maple tree across the ri= ver. 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 whi= ch thought it was on the m/f lunch menu. The squirrel kept getting out on s= maller 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 at= tempt the squirrel jumped to another branch and this set the branch the m/f= was on vibrating rather badly. The m/f lost its balance and fell in the wa= ter.=0A>The water was cold and the m/f didn't know how to swim but kept try= ing to walk on the water. Finally its efforts plus the current got it close= enough that it could climb out on shore.=0A>It was cold and wet and starte= d to shake the water out of its coat. That animal could shake - walk a few = feet and shake again. finally it disappeared in the forest.=0A>A great memo= ry.=0A>I hope you all take the chance to walk in the forest - never know wh= at you will see. Its not important if you know the difference between a mar= tin and a fisher - lots of folks know who never saw either in the wild!=0A>= Enjoy the summer=0A>Paul =0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On Friday, June 27, 2014 7:59:39 A= M, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> =0A>=0A>=0A>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 rat= s. =0A>=0A>=0A>http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-solved-for-st= range-animal-found-scurrying-around-the-bronx/=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>= =0A>=0A>On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink= .ca> wrote:=0A>=0A>Back in the early spring of 2007, something long , low, = dark, and very fast shot across a wooded road between Hectanooga and Norwoo= d, just inside Digby county, about 100 meters in front of our car.=A0 My wi= fe noticed 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:na= turens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behal= f Of desolatechair=0A>>Sent: June-26-14 10:19 PM=0A>>To: naturens=0A>>Subje= ct: Re: [NatureNS] 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 Feb. 2010. =0A>>=A0=0A>>It was way too fast to get a photo but= I do have excellent photos of the prints, which have been verified by reli= able third parties. =0A>>=A0=0A>