The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 17th 2017
I have heard them scream working a a fresh water marsh invoking terror to nesting geese and ducks. I assume raiding eggs while the females are sitting on them. They are no match for this… Read More »What'll We Do With The Baby-o?
June 15th 2017
Great article. I’ve had the same experience, except in a reverse. I’m the teacher who gets to stay home in the summer with my little girl. I find myself thinking the same way though -… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 13th 2017
Have seen fishers crossing my yard and the road here around Mansfield Hollow Lake. Have also heard a horrible scream a few times and was told it was a fisher cat, but it could also… Read More »Tricks of the Trade: Living Fenceposts
June 12th 2017
I have many trees down both sides of my property and a large deer population that is devastating my gardens. If I run the wire across the tress like your picture and then attach mesh… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 12th 2017
I see no benefit in repopulating fishers. They are vicious killers who I believe have killed more pet cats than porcupines. Because they are so fast and quick animals don’t even have a fighting chance. … Read More »What'll We Do With The Baby-o?
June 12th 2017
Ah yes! I may be 73 in a few weeks, and a Nam vet, but I still remember my daughter at that age when she was so small one of her nicknames was Tea Cup… Read More »Which Bird Made That Nest?
June 11th 2017
This nest was beautifully constructed in the middle of a hanging flower arrangement outside of our porch. The nest is tight. I swear if it fell in a pond it would float for days. The… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 10th 2017
I know they are here in the Ohoi Valley. I have seen three personally in the last 4 years and one on a game cam last year. Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 9th 2017
Enjoyed the article, I have been told that porcupines can scream, maybe when a fisher is chasing them? Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 9th 2017
In my great many years spent outdoors in NY and southern Canada, I have seen MANY Fishers, even called them in while turkey hunting, but have never had the experience of hearing one scream. My… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 6th 2017
Enjoyed your column very much. I live on the Kennebunk River and have seen their ‘lope’ at dusk as they cross the road. A few years back I found one that had been hit by… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 6th 2017
Re fishers screams: I have personally heard a fisher scream. My house is on the Josias river in southern Maine. One day years ago while watering my garden with my back to the river, I… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 6th 2017
Unfortunately I have found fisher cats are opportunistic hunters so cats can be easy dinners,for example, I had a raccoon in a box trap, my boss saw it before I arrived. I went to receive… Read More »The Fisher: Elusive, Fast and a Porcupine’s Worst Nightmare
June 5th 2017
Very informative. Thank you. Read More »Fawns Hide In Plain Sight
June 5th 2017
Question: I picked up a fawn to move it out of the road, where I am thinking it had been born. Anyway, I then read about how human scent would attract predators. I went back… Read More »Transformations: Which Caterpillar Becomes Which Butterfly?
June 4th 2017
Thanks so so so so so so so so so so so much. Read More »Transformations: Which Caterpillar Becomes Which Butterfly?
June 4th 2017
We live in the southeast and found a white marked tussock moth which lives in the north east. Read More »Remembering Spruce Gum
June 3rd 2017
Can anyone tell me the dimensions of the Spruce Gum boxes pictured in the article. My son and daughter are re-enacting at a local historical park, circa 1870 and I want to try to recreate… Read More »Eagle versus Owl
June 2nd 2017
As someone who has tangled with a Bald Eagle, I can tell you that the useless Owls (any kind) are no match for the Bald Eagle. The Bald eagle is the perfect flying killing machine.… Read More »What is a Climax Forest?
June 1st 2017
As an ecologist and editor, I enjoyed this note and just now recommended it to a client in China. Read More »
- Home>
- Recent Discussions