I mentioned this photo, which my wife took, in a post about our recent, short trip. And someone asked to see it. Here it is. The pine marten had just swum across in front of us and then did a u-turn around this rock before climbing up the back side. I think it was hiding from us but was revealed as we glided past.

Looks to me like a mink rather than a pine marten. Rounded ears and it's affinity for water (Pine Martens not so fond of the wet).

Beautiful shot!

Beautiful shot!

Banksiana: "Looks to me like a mink rather than a pine marten. Rounded ears and it's affinity for water (Pine Martens not so fond of the wet)."

+1 , a more rounded nose too.

Not real clear but winter fishing pine marten stealing lake trout

Mink.

KarlBAndersen1: "Mink."

Mink, indeed, but a great shot regardless.

Mr Mink for sure

What a great wildlife picture!

Boy Andy, I agree... Wildlife picture of the year so far. Your wife is a good photographer for sure.

I see the point people have about the ears looking like a mink. We'll have to look at our wildlife cards again but it looked very much like the pine marten drawing on them. Could be that we weren't checking the key features.

Agreed that she is a fantastic photographer. And at her request, I stuck a copyright on the photo.

andym: "I see the point people have about the ears looking like a mink. We'll have to look at our wildlife cards again but it looked very much like the pine marten drawing on them. Could be that we weren't checking the key features.


Agreed that she is a fantastic photographer. And at her request, I stuck a copyright on the photo."

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A nice photo of a mink.

You need new wild life cards.

I trapped hundreds of mink and seen many in the wild.

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andym: "I see the point people have about the ears looking like a mink. We'll have to look at our wildlife cards again but it looked very much like the pine marten drawing on them. Could be that we weren't checking the key features.
Agreed that she is a fantastic photographer. And at her request, I stuck a copyright on the photo."

Great photo! I've only seen a handful of Pine Martens but I see Mink all the time on the river. They're not always the perfect, uniform, dark brown that's almost black. Occasionally they'll be a much lighter brown color like this one that's darn near blonde. Regardless, I LOVE that photo!

Nice photos. Reminds me of the time in my life when we had ferrets.

Great comeback story

Its recovery has been awesome,they are actually now quite abundant in the northeastern part of the state. I have seen them chasing red squirrels in trees, They love eating red squirrels.