Ferret

[Sonja]

A ferret was seen loose this morning in Dieppe parking lot. It looks very young. Hoping it's someone's pet that got loose and not one that was purposely let loose. Domesticated ferrets cannot survive in the wild. It was last seen heading into the backyards towards the lift bridge.

 

[scotto]

A ferret was seen loose this morning in Dieppe parking lot. It looks very young. Hoping it's someone's pet that got loose and not one that was purposely let loose. Domesticated ferrets cannot survive in the wild. It was last seen heading into the backyards towards the lift bridge.

Good luck catching that, I will give it a try though with my camera.

 

[scotto]

I stopped by Dieppe Park a few times with no sign of the ferret, I will give another try this weekend.

 

[scotto]

I think I found your ferret, seen him this morning searching through the rocks on the Burlington side pier. He seems to know the area very well, he would pop up in a section of rock and a few seconds later he would show up much further away. It was tough to get a picture.

 

[Sonja]

Wow, very impressive. Never expected you would actually get a shot if it. My brother told us it was more likely a weasel and from images we looked up that seems to be true. And from how you describe its behavior.Had no idea there were weasels around here.
Great job on the photo. Thanks for posting it.

 

[scotto]

Wow, very impressive. Never expected you would actually get a shot if it. My brother told us it was more likely a weasel and from images we looked up that seems to be true. And from how you describe its behavior.Had no idea there were weasels around here.
Great job on the photo. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks Sonja;
When I stopped by the same spot today, I knew that it wasn't someone's pet ferret. I thought that it was vey quick getting around all those rocks so fast, but there is more than one, in fact there are many. I seen four at one time along the rock wall. As shown in the last picture, if you look closely you can see three and there is another that is just to the left that is not shown. The picture is cropped so the quaility is crap.
So I think your brother is right, it(they) is not a ferret but of the same family, could be a weasel, fisher, or a marten.

 

[scotto]

BTW, I am going to move this thread out of the Lost & Found and into the correct Forum, just in case you think that it has gone missing.

 

[Sharla1]

I was looking up martens and fishers online and they prefer the boreal forest areas. I have seen weasels at RBG hiking trails. But one wouldn't think they would be on the beach area. One would think they would be in a forest like the hiking trail. When I saw them at the trail they sure run fast.

 

[scotto]

I was looking up martens and fishers online and they prefer the boreal forest areas. I have seen weasels at RBG hiking trails. But one wouldn't think they would be on the beach area. One would think they would be in a forest like the hiking trail. When I saw them at the trail they sure run fast.

I didn't that they were around here at all, never seen one until they showed up here on the Beach.

 

[Sharla1]

It's interesting learning about nature. I was surprised what a huge range they are in. Mind you there are many different types of weasels.

Here is a link on their range.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Mustela_range.png

Here is a link on the different types.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel

 

[scotto]

It's interesting learning about nature. I was surprised what a huge range they are in. Mind you there are many different types of weasels.

Here is a link on their range.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Mustela_range.png

Here is a link on the different types.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel

From the links, it sounds like these critters are pretty common.