[Magdalen] Wildlife ID, please

[Jay Weigel]

Amazingly, there are quite a number of wild aniimals who manage to live
relatively peaceably with humans. Not sure about the ermines/weasels, but
certainly foxes do. They are quite comfortable right down in Knoxville,
Tennessee, in my daughter's neighborhood, where they are seen on occasion
going about their business. Coyotes, of course, are becoming pretty
urbanized, and bobcats are seen in the suburbs on rare occasion.

Speaking of foxes, I saw one tearing across the yard a couple of days ago,
and yesterday when coming back from town I slowed for something crossing
the road, and when it got across, it turned and looked back at me as if to
say "thank you"....and it was the prettiest little fox I'd seen in a long
time! Made my day!

On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It must have been an ermine, or stoat in winter coat.  In my quick look,
> \i guess it was the black eyes that stood out on the head. And yes, the
> black tip on tail.
>
> A dismal thought to think that before very long all that land will be
> under _80,000_ people and there will be no place for these creatures to
> live in peace.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
> On 11/15/2014 9:03 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
>
>> Outward bound on Whitevale Rd, fortunately  I did not hit a critter that
>> made a dash across the road in front of me with it seemed like a dark nut
>> in its mouth.  It was somewhere between the size of a chipmunk and a red
>> squirrel -- and it was pure white, except for a black nose and maybe black
>> ears.  I thought it looked like an ermine, but surely they are rather
>> bigger?
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>
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