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Mink in Summerside

This is not the most interesting photo from the thumbnail but to me it was wonderful luck.  It is a shot of a mink, a mink that was appearing and disappearing at lightning speed through the rocks along a seaside boardwalk in Summerside.  I pressed the shutter several times and hoped for the best.  I got lucky only once.

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Mink in Summerside

This is not the most interesting photo from the thumbnail but to me it was wonderful luck.  It is a shot of a mink, a mink that was appearing and disappearing at lightning speed through the rocks along a seaside boardwalk in Summerside.  I pressed the shutter several times and hoped for the best.  I got lucky only once.

Click to Play:
Bob Dylan - All I Really Want to Do

We see surprising animals on An Island Walk.  Join me.

comments (16)

He's a cute little bugger. And yes I know from experience how hard that can be, great chance!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Jen. I don't see them often. This was a chance encounter.
  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 2 Oct 2009, 06:11
Sometimes, like this, lucky shots can be very satisfying.
Mary MacADNski: If a mink coat had appeared, even more satisfying.
"you take two minks
and two winks
ah you got one mink coat!"

Bobby Darin Multiplication
Mary MacADNski: They are known to be very proficient breeders.
  • Chris
  • England
  • 2 Oct 2009, 08:05
He's a cutie!
Mary MacADNski: He'd bite your hand off if he could.
  • vintage
  • Australia
  • 2 Oct 2009, 09:48
Thanks Mary I have never seen a mink
Mary MacADNski: They like to live around wharves and structures along the water's edge. Hard to capture.
  • zed
  • Australia
  • 2 Oct 2009, 09:59
Well done Mary l have never seen one of these animals before
Mary MacADNski: They are almost impossible to see in the wild. They are very, very fast and allusive.
We need luck sometimes Mary! Great capture.
Mary MacADNski: One out of four. I was lucky to get one.
  • anniedog
  • United Kingdom
  • 2 Oct 2009, 12:53
A definite surprise, as I was just expecting rocks! He looks rather sweet, though I know that they are fierce animals and do a lot of damage to native wildlife in this country.
Ingrid
Mary MacADNski: I've seen them around wharves where workers there will feed them. This is the same kind of habitat, on a breakwater that has boardwalk strollers, pet walkers and runners.
One is all you need, Mary. I'd still be fumbling with the camera settings and the little gut would be long gone. A great opportune capture.
One is all you need, Mary. I'd still be fumbling with the camera settings and the little gut would be long gone. A great opportune capture.
Mary MacADNski: I put it on auto and took four shots. Three were empty of wildlife. Lucky.
You were lucky Mary..a once in a lifetime shot,unless you specialise in something like this. Think ourselves lucky to be digital rather than film! Well done.
Mary MacADNski: How right you are about the digital. This was such a perfect place for a mink. I've seen them on wharves and other water's edge places but this place lets them hide so, so well.
You were lucky to see it leave alone get a picture Mary.
Mary MacADNski: If you know their habitat, any animal is easy to spot.
Lucky shot.
Mary MacADNski: Very lucky!
Wow, I bet that was a nice surprise when you got it up on the computer. Lovely
Mary MacADNski: I was so happy. Three were empty, but one had worked.
How wonderful...and you had your camera! Perhaps 30 years ago we were out walking one winter morning when we spotted a weasle in winter white chasing a vole. It was so focused that it neither noticed nor cared when it chased the critter right across our (frozen) feet... and no camera, but a crystal-clear memory. Thanks for reminding me...
Mary MacADNski: My sister was here for two weeks a year and a half ago staying with me while I recovered from surgery. I was on the computer and she was standing behind me looking out the window and there was a white weasel in my yard. turned out it had a series of tunnels between an apple tree and a huge pile of snow. I watched it the rest of the winter. Thanks for reminding me...
Hmmm.....winter coats.... smile
Mary MacADNski: LOL I wore them in the sixties and seventies.

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