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Offline Marc St Louis

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Little hunter
« on: February 06, 2021, 08:33:44 am »
I noticed something moving like a flash around my bird feeder the other day.  He was sneaky and making use of Squirrel passages in the snow

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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2021, 10:28:28 am »
Is there an ermine in the photo?
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2021, 10:35:23 am »
Marc,
Cool picture. His eyes blend in with all the seeds but I think I located his head poking out. Very cool. Thanks for posting the picture.
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2021, 10:51:03 am »
Just left of the dish...pretty cool
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2021, 01:37:17 pm »
Right between the dish and the yellow seut(?).  Sneaky little bugger, but his pelt looks prime!
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2021, 02:10:20 pm »
His head is poking out the hole.  Red Squirrels make a lot of passages under the snow to get from one place to another and he was making use of them.  I wonder if they ever meet up under the snow.  He wasn't too afraid of me
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2021, 12:07:06 am »
I once saw a disembodied pheasant head bounding through a snowy ditch in North Dakota.  I turned around, drove back and bailed out of the pickup. When I got close I saw the beady little black eyes of a winter coated weasel! I left the little devil to his feast, he was welcome to it!
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2021, 09:09:45 am »
I put out a few pieces of Chicken along with some Chicken fat when I saw him, there was a ball of suet hanging above him and he was trying to figure out how to get to it.  In the picture he was licking the fat
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2021, 11:32:05 am »
Finger licking good Marc. I’m sure between the suet, chicken fat and occasional bird and squirrel. He is pretty happy there.
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2021, 07:51:32 am »
Very cool picture, never would have seen it if someone hadn't have told me where to look. :) What is it ??
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2021, 09:37:27 am »
We always just called them a Weasel, brown in the summer and white in the winter

He was back last night.  I moved a ball of suet to a hanging planter next to the kitchen window the other day and all he has to do is climb the window and jump to the planter.  There was a lot of noise coming from the window last night and the snow was well packed this morning

I had a Siamese Cat when I was much younger and she caught a weasel one day and brought it inside the house...what a wild situation.  The Weasel got away from her and she made a mad dash to catch it again but was able to.  I grabbed her and the Weasel and threw them outside.
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2021, 09:55:07 am »
That is super cool!
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2021, 01:57:08 pm »
The winter phase is called "ermine" in the fur trade business, very expensive for the size.  They look nice on my black sporran, though! 
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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2021, 03:05:42 pm »
He was back for some lunch today.  I have no problems him sticking around as I'm sure he is keeping the mouse population in check



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Re: Little hunter
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2021, 04:45:34 pm »
Quote from: Marc St Louis on February 08, 2021, 09:37:27 am
I had a Siamese Cat when I was much younger and she caught a weasel one day and brought it inside the house...what a wild situation.  The Weasel got away from her and she made a mad dash to catch it again but was able to.  I grabbed her and the Weasel and threw them outside.
   (lol) (lol)

We got a couple of those on a trail cam set to watch a porcupine den.  There were also a lot of mice. 
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