Fisher Cat Pictures Massachusetts

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Fisher cat pictures massachusetts. I came home and googld it and this site said that they can swim so i believe that that is what it was. Its coloration is generally a rich brown to black with grizzled. My wife noticed something brown walking along the top rail of our chain link fence and recognized it as a fisher cat. During the summer.

Except during their brief mating season fishers are solitary creatures and are active during night and day. It is well adapted for climbing and has sharp retractable claws similar to those of a domestic cat. When annie ran out the fisher ran up a small pine tree. Our dog annie golden retriever was going crazy this morning april 6 2009 to get out into our andover ma backyard.

July 16 2009 at 1 01 am i just heard a bunch of eerie screeches in the backyard thought it was a child. The fur of the fisher varies seasonally being denser and glossier in the winter. Only the river otter is larger. Like the big neighborhood bully the fisher cat does not have any natural enemies and if it was a one on one battle with a coyote i would put my money on the big cat with not only sharp teeth but.

Although many people call them fisher cats the name is inappropriate. Adult females are 75 to 95 cm 30 37 in long and weigh 2 0 to 2 5 kg 4 6 lb. The fisher exhibits the typical weasel shape with a long slender body short legs and furred tail. It has a pointed face with large rounded ears set close to the head.

We went to the zoo today and they had an interactive station and it had a print and picture of a fisher cat and it looked like what i had seen in the watershed. Male and female fishers look similar. Adult males are 90 to 120 cm 35 47 in long and weigh 3 5 to 6 0 kilograms 8 13 lb. The fisher martes pennanti is the second largest member of the weasel family found in massachusetts.

It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as a fisher cat although it is not a cat. With the exception of metro boston fishers can now be found in most rural and suburban areas across massachusetts. The following story and fisher cat pictures are from one of our website visitors in andover ma. Jun 1 2020 explore rita wagner s board fisher cat followed by 103 people on pinterest.