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"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA??" - Long Tailed Weasel

September 03, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA???" Long Tailed Weasel Good try, Kid Weasel!! But anyone would recognize that cute weasel face with that shadow "Phantom of the Opera" mask!:) You just have to love shadow play.

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Photo of the Week - Aug 30, 2020 - "IF YOU GAZE LONG ENOUGH INTO THE MINK ..." - Mink

August 29, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"IF YOU GAZE LONG ENOUGH INTO THE MINK..." North American Mink (3 Photos) To paraphrase that famous quote: "If you gaze long enough into the mink, the mink will gaze back at you." This is the adult female mink and she was generous enough to allow me to follow her from the bank downstream and then pop her head out and pose for several minutes...

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"MASQUERADING WEASEL - PART 2" - Long Tailed Weasel

August 25, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"MASQUERADING WEASEL - PART 2" Long Tailed Weasel - 4 Photos He's back! These photos as well as those from the previous blog are all from the same 12 - 15 minute period that I saw this little weasel. One weasel - so many faces! "FROM MOUNTAINEER" TO: "PREDATOR" "BLINK" "SIAMESE CAT"

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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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