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Angus, All, You have made my day ! In the late 70's I had a lengthy, unobstructed, wonderful sighting of a marten in the woods east of the current Cloud Lake Wilderness Area. I will never forget it. I told a few people, including SW who at that time was Park Biologist at Keji. He informed me that martens had been extirpated from mainland NS. I was not bothered in the least. RE the ID issue: Martens are about the size of mink, graceful, a gorgeous golden-brown, rich fur and with a "sweet" face. Fishers are larger, more solid, very dark brown, and not "cute". Rick Whitman On 7/3/14, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote: > Martens have been introduced twice 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 recaptured & surprisingly stayed around Fundy after > that. Fundy is also small (as a N.P.) & many of the 20 released were found > outside the park boundaries. > Angus > > Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 06:14:13 -0300 > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] fisher vs marten -- was probable fisher sighting > kings co ns > From: desolatechair@gmail.com > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Indeed tgere was a Pine Marten relocation effort in Keji, I'm guessing late > 80's. I believe there was also a reintroduction effort in the Cape Breton > highlands as well. > Jamie > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message --------From: James Hirtle Date:07-02-2014 11:33 > PM (GMT-04:00) To: Naturens Naturens Subject: RE: [NatureNS] fisher vs > marten -- was probable fisher sighting kings co ns > Hi Paul and all: > > I saw a martin, I can't remember the exact location now, but the sighting > occurred a number of years ago now in the vacinity of Keji. At the time of > my inquiry 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. My sighting could have been one of the martin's from > this study that had spread out establishing a territory away from Keji. It > would be nice if anyone could elaborate upon this study and if it is still > ongoing. All the best, > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater > > CC: elderkmf@gov.ns.ca; b.e.yoell@xcountry.tv > From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] fisher vs marten -- was probable fisher sighting kings > co ns > Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:34:43 -0300 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > Paul 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? Fishers, I believe, are quite a bit bigger > than martens, although each species shows marked sexual dimarphism with > males bigger than females. > Finally, a martin is a bird not a mammal. > Cheers from Jim > > Begin forwarded message:From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>Date: > July 2, 2014 9:11:40 AM ADTTo: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" > <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] probable fisher sighting > kings co nsReply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Hi Rick and AllI have difficulty telling which is a martin and which is a > fisher. I've never seen enough of either to be sure of the difference. Any > easy clues?My 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 to Loon 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.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 fisher - 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 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 water.The water was cold and the m/f didn't know how to swim > but kept trying to walk on the water. Finally its efforts plus the current > got it close enough that it could climb out on shore.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 forest.A great > memory.I hope you 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!Enjoy the summerPaul > > On Friday, June 27, 2014 7:59:39 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 PMTo: naturensSubject: 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 >
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