Need help for an Animal I.D.

[trailbiscuit]

Probably an R.O.U.S.

 

[Charlie]

R.O.U.S.

"Rodents of unusual size, I don't believe they exist"

But seriously, most likely a Pine Marten or a Fisher. Fishers are rarely seen so I would bet on a Pine Marten. I was on the way up Algonquin with a friend who had seen two of them within a close proximity like you described.

Although Fishers do dig dens in the ground, under logs etc...

 

[Doc McPeak]

R.O.U.S.? Hmmm, I had just passed through the dreaded fire swamp...

The first sighting was probably a fisher, since it's size was in the 10 to 15 lb. estimate. The second may have been a mate, or a different species. The first seemed to have some white/light color on its body. While the second I spotted from above, so I never saw anything but his very thick and black fur.

I imagine they're territorial, so I assumed it was a mate. It was probably 2/3 the size of the first one, but I was also further away. Some 30 feet as opposed to 10 feet.

If only them thar weasels were posers we'd know for sure.

 

[peak_bgr]

Not to change the subject back to Great Blue Herons. But, on a bushwhack to a secluded mountain last month, we happened accross a beaver pond and a nesting ground for the herons. I counted 38 heron nests in the trees and just as many herons flying around them.

It was something you would see on a National Geographic special.