Nature A Mink in Massachusetts

A Mink in Massachusetts · **1 Like**

Still wet from a swim in the pond and on the very serious lookout for a meal of chipmunk or rabbit.

daacon · 11-19-2014, 06:24 PM

Very cool the look is one of purpose for sure.

**TER-OR** · 11-20-2014, 06:38 AM

Cool! They're supposed to be re-establishing in Illinois, too. I have yet to see one but we usually have the dogs with us, which means I may never see one. Fishers are supposed to be on the rise again too.

Thanks for sharing.

Korg · 11-20-2014, 06:40 AM

Great catch! Excellent sharpness and wonderful boken.

sandpipe · 11-20-2014, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by TER-OR

Cool! They're supposed to be re-establishing in Illinois, too. I have yet to see one but we usually have the dogs with us, which means I may never see one. Fishers are supposed to be on the rise again too.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks all for checking out the mink. Here's a shot of a fisher from a few days earlier. As in focus as the mink, is as out of focus the fisher. It was getting dark, the da300 was at 1/90th sec, and the k3 focused on the tree in front of the animal! The fisher looks like something out of deep Africa. I expected to see a bear around the house since I've been feeding the birds a little too early this year but I never expected a fisher and a mink within a few days of each other. The mink better watch out!

**TER-OR** · 11-21-2014, 07:00 AM

Wow. This is the kind of shot which is technically terrible but documentarily important. Very cool. We live right by the Fox river but are not quite rural enough to get mink or fishers. I could imagine them nearby though. We do get beaver and muskrat on the river.

**dcmsox2004** · 11-21-2014, 07:10 AM

fine capture neighbor.... something i've not seen captured before... well done! dave m

Jean Poitiers · 11-21-2014, 11:32 AM

Wow ... I have never seen one in the live. TFS, J

aleonx3 · 11-21-2014, 11:42 AM

Originally posted by sandpipe

Thanks all for checking out the mink. Here's a shot of a fisher from a few days earlier. As in focus as the mink, is as out of focus the fisher. It was getting dark, the da300 was at 1/90th sec, and the k3 focused on the tree in front of the animal! The fisher looks like something out of deep Africa. I expected to see a bear around the house since I've been feeding the birds a little too early this year but I never expected a fisher and a mink within a few days of each other. The mink better watch out!

Nice shot of the Mink, but for this one, I think manual focus would likely have better chance to nail the shot.

Venom3300 · 11-21-2014, 12:48 PM

nice shot, just a little OOF

**crewl1** · 11-21-2014, 10:58 PM

Woah you have some interesting wildlife there. I look forward to more of your shots.

**JimS_256** · 11-22-2014, 04:38 PM

Great shots! I'd love to see a fisher in the wild.

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11-19-2014, 06:24 PM	#2
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Very cool the look is one of purpose for sure.

11-20-2014, 06:38 AM	#3
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Cool! They're supposed to be re-establishing in Illinois, too. I have yet to see one but we usually have the dogs with us, which means I may never see one. Fishers are supposed to be on the rise again too. Thanks for sharing.

11-20-2014, 06:40 AM	#4
Korg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 148	Great catch! Excellent sharpness and wonderful boken.

11-21-2014, 07:00 AM	#6
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Wow. This is the kind of shot which is technically terrible but documentarily important. Very cool. We live right by the Fox river but are not quite rural enough to get mink or fishers. I could imagine them nearby though. We do get beaver and muskrat on the river.

11-21-2014, 07:10 AM	#7
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	fine capture neighbor.... something i've not seen captured before... well done! dave m

11-21-2014, 11:32 AM	#8
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Wow ... I have never seen one in the live. TFS, J

11-21-2014, 11:42 AM	#9
aleonx3 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brampton, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,996	Originally posted by sandpipe Thanks all for checking out the mink. Here's a shot of a fisher from a few days earlier. As in focus as the mink, is as out of focus the fisher. It was getting dark, the da300 was at 1/90th sec, and the k3 focused on the tree in front of the animal! The fisher looks like something out of deep Africa. I expected to see a bear around the house since I've been feeding the birds a little too early this year but I never expected a fisher and a mink within a few days of each other. The mink better watch out! Nice shot of the Mink, but for this one, I think manual focus would likely have better chance to nail the shot.

11-21-2014, 12:48 PM	#10
Venom3300 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 714	nice shot, just a little OOF

11-21-2014, 10:58 PM	#11
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	Woah you have some interesting wildlife there. I look forward to more of your shots.

11-22-2014, 04:38 PM	#12
JimS_256 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 1,107	Great shots! I'd love to see a fisher in the wild.