Delphi, 6 months ago to wildlife

Watching #wildlife is entrancing. It was fascinating to watch a a #wild #mink. #animals #cute #wildlifewednesday #FurFreeBritain #WildBritain #NaturePhotography #naturalworld #photography #photograph #NatureWatch

Rasta, 6 months ago to InitialD

I'M BACK BEACHES!
#GoodMorning #Bonjour

I see you left some messages for me?

I needed a little rest, so I took a mental health day off work.. wait.. I don't have a J-O-B 😂​

I'm retired, you're not, have a nice day at work, eh!

I don't always see them, but we have plenty of mink in my area. In the 80s, there was a mink farm nearby, and my dog brought me one every day, and laid it on the doorstep. Now they roam free (wild ones, of course)

I tried to coax it

#Mink #Beach #Wild #Video

a long brown mink runs on the beach. S/he pauses when I make kissing sounds to coax it, but it runs away anyhow. There's another family of 4 that runs bounces over my back yard. They are cute, but they kill for fun. I have cats.

NatureTed, 1 year ago to random

So today has been possibly the #best photo walkabout I've had.

It started off by spotting what I think was a #Mink and following it along the river for a while. Unfortunately, I have had to report it as it is invasive here.

I then spent some time watching the #sandmartins before capturing what I think is my best #bird in flight photo of a #heron (I'll share it next week!).

Then...I saw what I've seen flashes of for weeks...a #Kingfisher

It perched up on the a branch the other side of the river but long enough to get some snaps and a short video. I also then managed to capture it flying off again (image attached). Truly an amazing experience to finally see one of these in the wild for the first ever time.

Then while finishing my walk I encountered some deer!!

I guess that's what happens when the sun shines for the first time in #Aberdeen in what feels like a month!

#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #camera #pansonic #lumixg9

itnewsbot, 1 year ago to science

Weird SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in mink suggests hidden source of virus in the wild - Enlarge / Minks are seen at a farm in Gjol, northern Denmark, on Octobe... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1933679 #infectiousdisease #publichealth #surveillance #sars-cov-2 #spillback #spillover #covid-19 #pandemic #zoonosis #science #mink

PaulOBrien, 1 year ago to photography

I am not a professional photographer, just someone who takes far too many pictures when out on walks/hikes. (Stone carving is my thing).This is an American Mink. It walked up to me to about 3 feet (1 meter) as if to ask why was I in the woods. It then hustled back to an abandoned Beaver house and continued to check me out. A staring contest! Cute little critter, wish I was that good looking.

#Maine #Mink #Photography #Outdoors

A picture of an American Mink that was very friendly on one of my walks. It's a smallish animal whose face looks somewhat like a Black Bear when looking at it head on, the ears are small and rounded. Otherwise it has a long head and long neck. The fur is brown. It's looking right at you from behind a log in an abandoned Beaver house
A picture of an American Mink that was very friendly on one of my walks. It's a smallish animal whose face looks somewhat like a Black Bear when looking at it head on, the ears are small and rounded. Otherwise it has a long head and long neck. The body is elongated and has short feet so it's close to the ground. The feet are large for the animals size and adorned with sharp claws.
A picture of an American Mink that was very friendly on one of my walks. It's a smallish animal whose face looks somewhat like a Black Bear when looking at it head on, the ears are small and rounded. Otherwise it has a long head and long neck. The body is elongated and has short feet so it's close to the ground. The feet are large for the animals size and adorned with sharp claws.