Mistaken Identity
My good friend Scott and I were out driving up the Forest Service road along Spring Creek looking for photo ops. Scott saw some movement along the stream bank so we stopped and got out. This little guy was making his way upstream so we scampered along the road as he scampered along the stream. Our initial reaction was "river otter!" as we quickly looked at our lcd screens on our cameras and then we moved on, searching for more wary and usually unwilling subjects.
When I had the chance to view on my computer, I wasn't so sure. We had seen river otters before, along the East River and I had seen them in Florida as well. But this face was different. As was its size, much smaller than I remembered.
Off to Google search and sure enough, it is not an otter but a mink! A first for me (and Scott) in the wild. Mistaken ID in a good way!
Thanks so much for your views, faves and comments!
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Mistaken Identity
My good friend Scott and I were out driving up the Forest Service road along Spring Creek looking for photo ops. Scott saw some movement along the stream bank so we stopped and got out. This little guy was making his way upstream so we scampered along the road as he scampered along the stream. Our initial reaction was "river otter!" as we quickly looked at our lcd screens on our cameras and then we moved on, searching for more wary and usually unwilling subjects.
When I had the chance to view on my computer, I wasn't so sure. We had seen river otters before, along the East River and I had seen them in Florida as well. But this face was different. As was its size, much smaller than I remembered.
Off to Google search and sure enough, it is not an otter but a mink! A first for me (and Scott) in the wild. Mistaken ID in a good way!
Thanks so much for your views, faves and comments!
© 2017 Craig Goettsch - All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use without permission is prohibited.