Yosemite nature notes . «5S» Mtmnull of I tike Tabor by Robert I . Orr. Courtesy of publisher, California Academy of Scieneei. MINK The Pacific mink is considered a rarefurbearer in Yosemice. It is sometimesfound, in suitable territory, at the lowerelevations. It is a very dark brown, wea-sel-like animal, but larger than our wea-sels and lacking the light uhderpartsdisplayed by the latter in summer. Inwinter, our weasels are white. The mar-ten, often mistaken for a mink, has afox-like face, prominent ears, and anorangy or yellowish throat. Minks are generally found in or nearwater. They are go
Yosemite nature notes . «5S» Mtmnull of I tike Tabor by Robert I . Orr. Courtesy of publisher, California Academy of Scieneei. MINK The Pacific mink is considered a rarefurbearer in Yosemice. It is sometimesfound, in suitable territory, at the lowerelevations. It is a very dark brown, wea-sel-like animal, but larger than our wea-sels and lacking the light uhderpartsdisplayed by the latter in summer. Inwinter, our weasels are white. The mar-ten, often mistaken for a mink, has afox-like face, prominent ears, and anorangy or yellowish throat. Minks are generally found in or nearwater. They are good swimmers, so it isnot surprising that they feed on fish andfrogs. Mice, rabbits and birds are 133 From ejit by M. V. Huol Tracks of mink, superimposed. Six-inch pencil. The Sierra pine marten ranges fromthe red fir belt up to timberline. Thelight brown body is about the size ofthat of a half-grown cat. The fox-likeface and the throat patch will separateit from others of the weasel family. Martens are active day or night, sum-mer and winter. Though forest animals,they are found in Yosemite around highcountry rockslides and rocky meadowsin summer. They eat small rodents andsuch birds as they can catch. In winter, when small rodents are un-der deep snow, martens revert to the for-ests. There rhey can travel through thetrees with squirrel-like facility. Othertree-dwellers, such as the chickaree, arethen caught and eaten. Like others of the weasel family, mar-tens have scent glands, though the odoris more musky. Only skunks can throwtheirs. I believe that the introduction ofsuch scents around the premises of mancauses the mouse population to declinenoticeably. Nowhere common, the f
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