Land/Water Wildlife

I watched a badger in the garden last evening. They come and mooch around the base of the bird feeding station looking for food.

 

My trail camera captured the image of a fisher cat, they are not cats and don't catch fish. Why they are called fisher cats is a mystery to me. Fishers are making a comeback in New York but seeing one is very rare; the fisher is closely related to, but larger than, the America marten. Although they have a reputation of being aggressive, others say these animals are generally shy and prefer to avoid human contact. Typically, if left alone, they are harmless.

 

The frogspawn season is in full flow now and new clumps every day for the last week or so.
They are making a come back by the looks of it this year after a big drop in numbers for about the last 5 yrs.

 

I found this on Wikipedia @hydrogardener ...

Despite the name "fisher", the animal is not known to eat fish. The name is instead related to the word "fitch", meaning a European polecat (Mustela putorius) or pelt thereof, due to the resemblance to that animal. The name comes from colonial Dutch equivalent fisse or visse. In the French language, the pelt of a polecat is also called fiche or fichet.[6] Alternatively, Dr. James DeKay, as reported by John James Audubon and John Bachman, claimed the name "fisher" may have been attributed to the animal's "singular fondness for the fish used to bait traps",[7] although this may have been local lore.

 

Thanks for taking the time to research this Sheal.

 

You're welcome hydrogardener. I often pick up on something that interests me and then it takes me off at a tangent, so we both gain.

 

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