Was it a Mink? Would be larger than a weasel and smaller than an otter.
We get that around here occasionally. Last summer we had to convince a couple of young raccoons that living under the decking of our hot tub was a bad idea. Every hole we filled, they dug another. We finally live trapped them to get them away from our property.
The damn thing crawled up as close to the house as it could and as far away from any of the sides as possible. Had to unscrew a deck board that had 10 screws in it. Drill was dead, so ratcheting screw drivers had to do the job. Then we couldn't get the board all the way removed as trim from the siding we recently had installed was covering the final 2 screws. Luckily we could lift the board and get it out. Had to go back in to grab some pieces that had sloughed off. Then nuked the whole area with disinfectant. Hoping this will discourage any of the bunnies from going under there for a while.
Where are you going on your date with the mail lady that you need to rent a suit like that?
Normally, I'd agree, but this is Wisconsin so inebriation is the normal state of men in the area.
A mink? Probably smuggled in by one of the Russian/Belorussian families that live about 2 blocks from us.
Nursing home? I think you'll end up in the fine cheeses section of Byerly's.Goes to my nieces worry that I will end up in a nursing home and get poor care because I have no family within 400 miles. She's a physical therapist and observes that patients without frequent visitors get observable lesser care.
My mother was semi-comatose for a number of years and her good friend, much younger lady, went and got a CNA to work their parttime to keep tabs on things. This gal was already working a full time job in a factory. About the best friend my mother ever had and maybe didn't know it at all.
Muskrats are fat little fellers more akin to a beaver or a groundhog (woodchuck), but with the tell-tale 'rat tail'.
Do they have kind of long legs? I saw something like that walking across the street from a gas station near a retaining pond.
I'll bet you are right. another reason I didn't think a weasel is because all the weasels common to MN have white underbellies and I was relatively sure this creature didn't have that. The size fits.
I can confirm that is NOT the mammal I saw...
So it, in fact, did not walk or quack like a duck.
No it did not. If we could have been really creative and had some time we could have got a shot with the mammal in the foreground and the swans, a Canada goose and maybe a mallard in the background all in the same shot. But I doubt everyone would have stayed still for us that long.
