cohanMar 20, 2024
1) I spotted a #weasel in the woods on the acreage. May not sound exciting, but I've never had a good sighting before (more in replies): they are stealthy + presumably mostly nocturnal. So it was very cool to see this one, and in its winter pelage (seasonal white fur) : even more cool! Vid links from YouTube and Spectra (smaller files) another vid + pics to follow #wildlife #animals #mustelids #Alberta #March #BorealForest #Canada #peertube
https://spectra.video/w/kZMTVjwYUwp9nJ8g3mVdFg
https://youtube.com/shorts/1vvugC7HeNU?feature=share
Pop Goes the Weasel! pt1 White Weasel Pops in/out of Squirrel Burrows

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2) second video- more footage of the #weasel, including almost full body as it comes out of a burrow- cussed myself as I moved the camera just then and missed full body/tail shot- which might have helped me see if it was a Short-tailed Weasel #Mustela erninea or Long-tailed. Plus some context footage.
#animals #mustelids #wildlife #CountryLiving #Alberta #Canada
https://spectra.video/w/qBfYMzqPhG3c7pKgUnBHW1
https://youtube.com/shorts/tsjF80eQCXs?feature=share
Pop Goes the Weasel! pt2 extra clips +context

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#AltTxt for the second video- more views of the squirrel midden described above after the first video; the weasel comes right out of one of the holes, giving an almost full body view from the rear as it is about to dash away; views of the weasel blurry, some distance away, seen between tree trunks and branches, running along a snowy area. finally views into the mixed woods looking beyond to a snowy area with dense willows glimpsed past that, where I heard a moose running away.
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3) 1st photo as I was coming into the area with a running chainsaw in my sled- luckily the camera was around my neck when I saw some white creature at the base of a tree- I first thought some bird, snapped a shot before it dove into a tunnel.
2nd shot it was eating something, though I could never see what (no remnants there when I looked later). It never made a big effort to run away- it was only 5-10m away and much less when it was in the tunnels
#animals #wildlife #alberta #countryliving
Show threadcohanMar 20, 2024
4) a capture from the second video, we see almost the whole body of the weasel as it emerges from one of the burrows.
This sighting was exciting, since in all the years I've been back here (since 2007) ,while we see tracks of these little critters in the snow, at times, and I once saw the tail end of one disappearing into a hole by the furnace in Mom's old house--it was raiding the cat food! and once saw from the car one dash across the road- that's it! #weasel #mustelid #Alberta #Canada