My first encounter with a weasel was fox trapping as a teenager in the 1970s. I caught one in a No. 1½ coil-spring trap at a dirt-hole set for fox. I admit I set my pan tension pretty light in those ...
Overnight half of the Grand Marais Harbor froze giving some great reflections. When I got home, I saw what I first thought was a squirrel running through the trees but turned out to be a short-tailed ...
Just as an aside there were also a handful of mammals spotted such as gray squirrels (25), muskrat (1), coyotes (9), red fox (1), mule deer (132), whitetail deer (60), and a long-tailed weasel (1). In ...
They have thick fur that changes with the seasons and a varied diet that includes rodents, birds, and fruit. Long-tailed Weasels inhabit forests, grasslands, and marshes. They prefer areas with ample ...
We have seen an ermine (short-tailed weasel) twice this year. This one is about six inches long. They are tiny but fierce predators. They are very skilled hunters having great speed and agility and ...