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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_D98E3DEB-4792-4BC3-A927-F85DE1BFD2D4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Randy=92s list of other members of the weasel family should have = included mink. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. On Mar 6, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Brian Bartlett <bbartlett6364@gmail.com> = wrote: > Last month I saw an Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel) on ice and packed = snow on the shore at Spencer Point in Colchester County. The Minas Basin = red-mud stains all over the snow meant the weasel's pure white wasn't = much good as camouflage.=20 >=20 > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 1:47 PM i, <notes2ian@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes quite right,=20 > SHORT TAILED WEASEL was what I observed. sorry for the error! >=20 > Link to pic:=20 >=20 > = https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UoC3slRnEYh4oJVl9cD86yDXl7bpvVR4/view?usp= =3Ddrivesdk >=20 > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 1:53 PM Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> = wrote: > Actually, a Least Weasel would be rare indeed! I suspect you mean a = Short-tailed Weasel, which is the only species of weasel in our = province. Other members of the weasel family in the province are marten, = fisher, otter.=20 >=20 > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >=20 >=20 > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 12:03, i <notes2ian@gmail.com> wrote: > Just wanted to log the sighting of a beautiful, ermine-esque Least = Weasel at my home in Hammonds Plains. Feb 28, 2019 8:30am. > Pics available. > Not technically rare but certainly unusual to spot.=20 > Also he was rather bold darting in and out from under a wooden crate = nearby, looking at me and hearing me speak to him and fumble for my = camera. > We have the luckiest chickens in town as he has not penetrated our = modest backyard coop. (And they've also endured inspections by fox, = bobcat, barred owl, mink and neighbourhood dog, plus = whatever-comes-by-in-the-night unobserved by us) > Cheers > Ian >=20 > PS I was promoted to write this post after reading the "fishers" = thread. I saw tracks from one on Fraser lake timberlea three winters = ago, for any locals who might be searching.=20 --Apple-Mail=_D98E3DEB-4792-4BC3-A927-F85DE1BFD2D4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Randy=92s list of other members = of the weasel family should have included mink. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<div><br><div><div>On Mar 6, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Brian Bartlett = <<a = href=3D"mailto:bbartlett6364@gmail.com">bbartlett6364@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"auto">Last month I saw an Ermine (Short-tailed = Weasel) on ice and packed snow on the shore at Spencer Point in = Colchester County. The Minas Basin red-mud stains all over the snow = meant the weasel's pure white wasn't much good as = camouflage. </div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 1:47 PM i, <<a = href=3D"mailto:notes2ian@gmail.com">notes2ian@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Yes = quite right, <div dir=3D"auto">SHORT TAILED WEASEL was what I = observed. sorry for the error!</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div = dir=3D"auto">Link to pic: </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div = dir=3D"auto"><a = href=3D"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UoC3slRnEYh4oJVl9cD86yDXl7bpvVR4/= view?usp=3Ddrivesdk" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"noreferrer">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UoC3slRnEYh4oJVl9cD86y= DXl7bpvVR4/view?usp=3Ddrivesdk</a><br></div></div><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar = 6, 2019, 1:53 PM Randy Lauff <<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div = dir=3D"ltr">Actually, a Least Weasel would be rare indeed! I suspect you = mean a <b style=3D"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Short-tailed = Weasel</b><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">, which = is the only species of weasel in our province. Other members of the = weasel family in the province are marten, fisher, = otter. </span><div><font face=3D"sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font = face=3D"sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:14px">Randy<br = clear=3D"all"></span></font><div><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"m_3587508134133313669m_-2448554852312879159gmail_signature" = data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">_________________________________<br>RF= Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, = NS.</div></div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 12:03, i <<a = href=3D"mailto:notes2ian@gmail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" = target=3D"_blank">notes2ian@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px = 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid = rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Just wanted to log = the sighting of a beautiful, ermine-esque Least Weasel at my home in = Hammonds Plains. Feb 28, 2019 8:30am.<div dir=3D"auto">Pics = available.</div><div dir=3D"auto">Not technically rare but certainly = unusual to spot. </div><div dir=3D"auto">Also he was rather bold = darting in and out from under a wooden crate nearby, looking at me and = hearing me speak to him and fumble for my camera.</div><div = dir=3D"auto">We have the luckiest chickens in town as he has not = penetrated our modest backyard coop. (And they've also endured = inspections by fox, bobcat, barred owl, mink and neighbourhood dog, plus = whatever-comes-by-in-the-night unobserved by us)</div><div = dir=3D"auto">Cheers</div><div dir=3D"auto">Ian</div><div = dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">PS I was promoted to write this = post after reading the "fishers" thread. I saw tracks from one on Fraser = lake timberlea three winters ago, for any locals who might be = searching. </div></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D98E3DEB-4792-4BC3-A927-F85DE1BFD2D4--
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