The dogs where going bonkers.I figure it was our fox(nightly visitor). The fox does not mind being watched as long as you stay 15 feet or so away.I grab the flashlight and investigate(armed of course we do live pretty deep in the forest bears ect..).
I see something I have never seen.Get my wife to come out and see it as well.We did not know what it was. Roughly a foot and a half long.Cute as a button.And apparently playing with a half dead mouse in our front yard.It hopped like a bunny,pounced like a cat,and had the cutest face of any wild animal I have ever seen.We watched it play with its captor for a good 30 minutes,before the fox showed up and scared it off.
I tried MANY times to get a decent picture.It was agile,fast,and crazy unpredictable in movement.
Here is the best picture I have.
It took a good while to finally id the critter.It was a Pine Marten.
Mammals of Minnesota: American Marten: Minnesota DNR
It is now my favorite up north animal.I hope he/she sticks around and kills some more mice
On a side note...does it look like an ewok crossed with a cat lol?
I see something I have never seen.Get my wife to come out and see it as well.We did not know what it was. Roughly a foot and a half long.Cute as a button.And apparently playing with a half dead mouse in our front yard.It hopped like a bunny,pounced like a cat,and had the cutest face of any wild animal I have ever seen.We watched it play with its captor for a good 30 minutes,before the fox showed up and scared it off.
I tried MANY times to get a decent picture.It was agile,fast,and crazy unpredictable in movement.
Here is the best picture I have.
It took a good while to finally id the critter.It was a Pine Marten.
Mammals of Minnesota: American Marten: Minnesota DNR
It is now my favorite up north animal.I hope he/she sticks around and kills some more mice
On a side note...does it look like an ewok crossed with a cat lol?