[obol] Re: Off-Topic: Mink or River Otter?
- From: Karen Saxton <kcsaxton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 07:25:08 -0700
Mink. No doubt. Have had this conversation before in a restaurant on the
Bandon waterfront. It's not an uncommon mistake, although I don't get it.
They are very different
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Its a mink.
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> On May 30, 2013, at 11:46 PM, Priscilla Nam Hari Kaur <
> priscillanhk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > OBOLers;
> >
> > While birding the Kirk Pond area below Fern Ridge dam Thrusday May 30,
> > our Celeste Campbell Seniors birds and science group from Eugene, saw
> > a mammal scampering around on the far side of the Long Tom below the
> > dam. There was considerable discussion whether this was a Mink or a
> > River Otter. I got some pictures of it so I'm tossing this out
> > amongst you to see what comes back. I was photographing a Green Heron
> > just before the mammal was spotted nearby. At some point the mammal
> > ran along the same structure (weir?) on which the Green Heron had been
> > standing; so I've included the Green Heron pictures to provide a sense
> > of scale by which the estimate the mammal's size.
> >
> > When we first spotted it I had no doubt as to what it was. I've seen
> > both Mink and River Otters each on several occasions. What I have
> > least experience with are those (of either type mammal) which are just
> > out of the nest and sometimes on their own. My doubts only crept in
> > as I saw how many people in our group were thinking the other way.
> > Looking at pictures on the internet later on, initially added to my
> > doubts, but after several rounds of that, and reading about the field
> > marks of both types of mammals, I'm convinced it is what I thought it
> > was in the first place. I'm still surprised that so many people
> > thought otherwise - but I suspect the discussion here will waver a
> > while too before the voices of experience resolve the matter to the
> > satisfaction of most.
> >
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/117022188463884927347/MammalFernRidgeDamMay302013?authuser=0&feat=directlink
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> > Priscilla
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