२३ नोव्हेंबर, २०२१

A minky morning.

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Caught him clearly there. He was in and out of the rocks and I have many photos that I believe should show the mink, but I'm challenged to find him — for example:

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Side issue: Mink or otter? Do you know the difference? I know a difference — pointy vs. round snout — and that's what made me say mink.

१७ टिप्पण्या:

CWJ म्हणाले...

Snout, paws and fur. All say mink over otter. I've never seen either of them in the wild, so I'm envious. Cool photo.

Rollo म्हणाले...

I woke up. It was a minky morning, and the first thing that I saw ...

mikee म्हणाले...

Little mink seems to be enjoying the day, seeking prey among the rocks.

Ron Winkleheimer म्हणाले...

I live in a suburb that has some green spaces between housing divisions and I see quite a bit of wildlife, a family of four weasels or ferrets, a small herd of deer, a couple of egrets, a pair of red tailed hawks, and even foxes, though the last one was found dead on a neighbors lawn. I think it may have eaten something that had eaten rat poison. And rabbits, of course.

Paul From Minneapolis म्हणाले...

I think the potential species confusion is more between mink and three different species of weasels - short-tailed, long-tailed, and least. Then there's also the marten.

Lucien म्हणाले...

@Rollo: And that's how Minky Clinton got her name. (do you have a rheuuum for my minky?)

Big Mike म्हणाले...

Forget it, Althouse. He’s too small to turn into a coat.

Iman म्हणाले...

Look for the paint some lefty idiot may’ve thrown on the mink’s coat… always a tell.

farmgirl म्हणाले...

I’d sooner think that it was a difference in the tails- but the snout makes sense.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Per wikipedia:

Adults may eat young mink

Yet, You little Mink is a compliment.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

Think Mink!
Think Mink when you shop for winter clothes
Think Mink!
Think Mink when you want that quelque chose

gilbar म्हणाले...

i see otters All the time, nearly as often as i see bald eagles (they're Both trout killers)
Otters are sleek, and pretty big
(also, otters usually have trouts in their mouths)
i don't if i've ever seen a mink (seen lots of martins and other weasels)

madAsHell म्हणाले...

I'm told mink are meaner than snakes.

I wish I could find the reference, but years ago some environmental group went to a mink farm in Oregon, and opened the cages. Soon thereafter, the ground was covered in dead mink. They didn't run away.

They started fighting, and killing each other.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

I've seen a lot of otters. That's not an otter.

I've also seen mink/weasels running among lakeshore boulders as in the picture. That's what that animal is.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

"show the mink"
That's got to be a euphemism for something.

effinayright म्हणाले...

Perhaps it's a rare Seeing Eye Minkey......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlIWpZSPXU

Narr म्हणाले...

I love the smell of minkmusk in the morning.