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--Apple-Mail-223-1014403061 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 >> > --Apple-Mail-223-1014403061 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> 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.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 20, 2012 8:43:24 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] = weasel?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Gary,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>mink<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>are extremely common along = our waterways,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>both = fresh- and saltwater....</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dusan = Soudek</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Murray" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca">garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&= gt;</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: "nature ns" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:58 PM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] weasel?</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">HI = all,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-