Mink at Humber Bay: 1 pm group / October 5, 2021

I often see Minks at Humber Bay and we saw one this afternoon:

Mink
Mink

Here is what animalspot.net says about them:

The American Mink is the cutest member of the weasel family. The name mink has been derived from a Swedish word ‘meank’. They are native to North America. Since they come from a weasel family they are akin to many weasels with similar physique. They are usually harvested for their furs which are of excellent quality and color.

Some photos from previous walks:

Mink
Mink
Mink
Mink

1 pm group:

Some birds:

Mute Swans
Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Rock Pigeons
Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Northern Cardinal (male)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wood Duck (male)
House Sparrow (male)
Red-winged Blackbird (juvenile)
Wood Duck (female)
Canada Goose
Brown Creeper
Gadwall (male)
Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron

NATURE POETRY

My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.              – Robert Frost (1874–1963)

Miles Hearn

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