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class=3DMsoNormal>It was way too fa --047d7bdc129890d4da04fccf2a0f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > > -------- 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 --047d7bdc129890d4da04fccf2a0f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,= serif">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.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_default" style><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><a href=3D= "http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/mystery-solved-for-strange-animal-f= ound-scurrying-around-the-bronx/">http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/my= stery-solved-for-strange-animal-found-scurrying-around-the-bronx/</a></font= ><br> </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br>= </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br>= </div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">O= n Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, John and Nhung <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hre= f=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<= /a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"p= urple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fam= ily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Back in the e= arly spring of 2007, something long , low, dark, and very fast shot across = a wooded road between Hectanooga and Norwood, just inside Digby county, abo= ut 100 meters in front of our car.=C2=A0 My wife noticed a fairly bushy tai= l, and the picture of a fisher looked right.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></spa= n></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&q= uot;Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Plenty of porcupine= s around to feed them.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></spa= n></p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding= :3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;fo= nt-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span = lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",&qu= ot;sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" targ= et=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:n= aturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>desolatechair<br> <b>Sent:</b> June-26-14 10:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens<br><b>Subject:</b> = Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting kings co ns<u></u><u></u></span></p= ></div></div><div><div class=3D"h5"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u>= </u></p&