What is this?

weebee

Senior Member
I took this picture a month or so ago. I took it at a spur off of the Erie canal in Palmyra New York. It's not a Otter, too big for a weasel. I think it is a Martin. They are somewhat rare and hard to get a picture of, so I'm told. He was just getting ready to lay down and sun himself when I walked up on him.


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Bill16

Senior Member
Cool shot! I looks like it's from the weasel family, but I can't tell what exactly it is.It looks like it might have webbing on it's paws, so I'm guessing it's at home in the water. :)
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
I took this picture a month or so ago. I took it at a spur off of the Erie canal in Palmyra New York. It's not a Otter, too big for a weasel. I think it is a Martin. They are somewhat rare and hard to get a picture of, so I'm told. He was just getting ready to lay down and sun himself when I walked up on him.


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It definitely looks like an otter, why do you say its not?

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Andrew S.

New member
Otters are bigger, darker animals with much thicker longer tails. I have seen both mink and otter in the wild in my travels. This is a mink.
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Otters are bigger, darker animals with much thicker longer tails. I have seen both mink and otter in the wild in my travels. This is a mink.

I think you are correct, I can see a white patch on its chin which is another indication of it being a mink.
 
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Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
I took this picture a month or so ago. I took it at a spur off of the Erie canal in Palmyra New York. It's not a Otter, too big for a weasel. I think it is a Martin. They are somewhat rare and hard to get a picture of, so I'm told. He was just getting ready to lay down and sun himself when I walked up on him.


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Whatever it is, I ain't gonna eat it!
It's too damn scrawny!
 

Just-Clayton

Senior Member
It's a mink. A weasel is only about half the size of your forearm. A mink is at least 3 to 4 times larger. I don't see them much in my area of NY.
 

Cowleystjames

Senior Member
Definitely a mink, we had a whole load of these released by some animal right activists from a farm in Devon, UK. It was just up the road from where we lived at the time and they became very common around us, sometimes seeing them feeding off our decking. Thank The Lord that over a short period of time they dispersed and others were caught as they would decimate the local wildlife, birds, rabbits, local cats, all suffered at the jaws of these indiscriminate killers
 
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