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Photo of the Week - Aug 23, 2020 - "Masquerading Weasel" - Part 1

August 22, 2020 • 1 Comment

"MASQUERADING WEASEL" - Part 1 (Long Tailed Weasel) - 3 Photos Apologies, Mink! You've been sidelined today. This little weasel actually played hide & seek with me for almost 15 minutes. An eternity in weasel photo time. So far, that's an event not repeated. After a few minutes, I did get concerned and stepped back to allow sufficient space for...

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"Cast a Giant Shadow" - Weasel (Long Tailed)

August 17, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"CAST A GIANT SHADOW" Weasel (Long Tailed) Watch your back, Mink - there's a new Mustelid in town! It's Kid Weasel (Long Tailed) that is! And here's a preview of this very precocious weasel!

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Photo of the Week - Aug 16, 2020 - "SUPER HERO'S LAIR" - North American Mink

August 15, 2020 • Leave a Comment

SUPER HERO'S LAIR North American Mink (4 Photos) All super heroes have a lair. Well it may not be Batman's Cave and it is only used as a tunnel and somewhere to temporarily stash all those fish (including the invasive Prussian Carp), this little eco-warrior mink certainly has the master of disguise when it comes to camouflage & stealth. OUTSIDE...

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"MAGICAL MUSTELIDS" - Mink (North American) & Long Tailed Weasel

August 13, 2020 • 1 Comment

"MAGICAL MUSTELIDS" Mink (North American) & Long Tailed Weasel - 3 Photos From the little mink to the mysterious wolverine, they are all members of the Mustelidae family. Because of their ability to contort their long thin bodies into very small spaces, the minks & weasels that I have observed seem to at times disappear in front of your eyes &...

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Photo of the Week - Aug 9, 2020 - "M & M's" - Mink (North American)

August 08, 2020 • 1 Comment

"M & M's" Mink (North American) - Adult & 2 Juveniles Another first for this photographer, not one but three minks. The first mink (Momma) scampered across the rocks and then around the pond wall, a favourite route of hers before exiting and then dashing across a path to the huge pond on the other side. Normally, unless she is fishing, this is...

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" A STAR IS BORN" - Mink (North American)

August 06, 2020 • 1 Comment

"A STAR IS BORN" Mink (North American) To catch a great expression, it's extremely helpful to have a very photogenic subject. This is a "sneek-a-peek" for future blogs. Caught this little mink as she (and the mink is definitely a "she") poked her head out from a boulder in the creek. I have a few others but only this one has what I assume is...

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Photo of the Week - July 26, 2020 - "A Mink's 40 Winks" - Mink (North American)

July 25, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"A MINK'S 40 WINKS" North American Mink (2 Photos) So how much is a "wink" of sleep. Well, one source says it's "much longer than a jiffy and about the same time as a shake of a lamb's tail".:) LOL These two photos were taken very late Spring after a successful fishing expedition by this little mink. It had found somewhere in the shade where it...

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Photo of the Week - July 19, 2020 - Nature's Structured Housing (Pileated Woodpecker)

July 18, 2020 • 1 Comment

"NATURE'S STRUCTURED HOUSING" Pileated Woodpecker (Juvenile) & Gray Squirrel - 7 Photos In grabbing some shots of this young Pileated Woodpecker, (which I named PJ for short, i.e. Pileated Junior), a small head caught my eye as it poked out of the small hole in the trunk below that of the bird. It appears the Pileated Woodpecker family took pos...

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Photo of the Week - July 12, 2020 - "HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE THAT FACE" - Mink

July 13, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE THAT FACE" Mink (North American) - 3 Photos And if there ever was an instance where looks are deceiving - oh so cute but what a predator. All members of the Mustelid family, from the mink up to the wolverine, are extremely successful predators. The mink is probably the smallest but definitely does not lack in ability and de...

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