[Mnbird] Fisher

[Kyle TePoel]

That's interesting, thanks for sharing. For what it's worth, my brother in
law got pictures of a Fisher last year from his trail cameras in Houston
County.  You never know where things will roam!

Kyle Te Poel
Stillwater Township, MN

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 4:12 PM Lou Bellamy via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

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> *From:* Mnbird <mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net> on behalf of DONALD
> GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:20:35 PM
> *To:* mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
> *Subject:* [Mnbird] Fisher
>
> This is not a bird sighting, but may be of interest to birders, especially
> those who reside in or near Minnetonka.
> After the Tuesday snow, I went outside to clear some ground under my
> feeders. I noticed unusual animal tracks in my back yard and the
> neighbor's. When I was younger I spent several years trapping animals for
> their fur. I know many might disapprove of this, but I learned a lot about
> wildlife habits and tracks.
>
> The tracks I saw looked like mink tracks. But they were larger, and the
> stride was longer than a mink.  It was much too long a stride to be a
> weasel .And the feet were too big. I was not sure about opossums, since
> they did not live in Minnesota during my trapping days. So I contacted a
> younger neighbor and discussed it.
>
> Certainly not "possum tracks, as verified by a quick Google search. And if
> a mink, it would have been the largest ever seen. However...
>
> He told me that a couple of days previously he had seen what he thought
> was a fisher in the rear of his yard. He has seen fisher in Wisconsin, and
> I have seen them in Minnesota and Wisconsin.  I studied fisher tracks on
> line, and I am certain the tracks indicated that a fisher has been present
> in Minnetonka for a few days.  I have never seen a mink or a bobcat or bear
> in my yard, though nearly every other Minnesota mammal.  And apparently a
> fisher stopped by and may be living around here some place, or just passing
> through. Quite unusual.
>
> Don Grussing
> Minnetonka
> [image: Image]
> So glad to see your note.  I've been almost convinced that these tracks
> found in my driveway in Long Lake after the first snow were fisher tracks.
> Your observation gives me confidence in my identification.
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