What Is It?
Contributors to this thread:Michigan
From: JL
27-Oct-17
JL's Link
Is this a martin, fisher or something else?
From: Mpdh
30-Oct-17
Oversized weasel typeshape. I say pine marten.
From: ground hunter
30-Oct-17
Its a pine marten......
From: JL
30-Oct-17
Someone else thought it was a mink. It's a wirey critter.
From: Dan In MI
30-Oct-17
Without more info it is hard to tell. (location, better scale)
weasel, mink, ferret, martin, fisher, badger, wolverine - (I think I'm missing one) all the same family, just increasing in size. Looks to be mink/ferret/martin range.
From: JL
31-Oct-17
It's northern MI. Maybe 10'-12' in front of the cam.
From: BIG BEAR
31-Oct-17
I'd have to say pine Martin too..... I googled mink and it said mink will OCCASIONALLY climb trees but are not normally "arboreal ".... I had to google that too... They don't normally climb trees..... I found a road kill weasel a few years ago on duty and took it to the old DNR Office on 8 Mile Road.... no one there knew what it was .... they just said "some kind of weasel "..... it's the only one I've ever seen..... After googling pictures of it on line I'm 98% certain it was a mink..... it was black.....it was dead on the road next to a small marsh.
From: keith
31-Oct-17
The martens and fishers I have seen had bushier tails.
From: BIG BEAR
31-Oct-17
How about a long tailed weasel...... google that and look at one..... long neck... skinny tail....... do we have them in Michigan?? I think we have some ermines....
From: BIG BEAR
31-Oct-17
I just googled long tailed weasel and found that they live in Michigan but are rarely seen.... I changed my answer..... Long tailed weasel....
From: Dan In MI
31-Oct-17
Way too long for any weasel/ermine (white phase weasel) after a second look I'd have to go martin. It's way too familiar with trees the way it hops tree to tree.
From: JL
31-Oct-17
I'm waiting on my DNR bio buddy to get back with me on this. Haven't heard anything yet.
From: BIG BEAR
31-Oct-17
Look at the long tailed weasel on line....
From: keith
01-Nov-17
If the size could be determined, that would answer a lot of questions.
