Rondeau Ric

We had a mink in our tiny pond yesterday. Anne called me and I grabbed the camera and watched the pond. At first I didn't see anything and thought it had left. Suddenly a head popped up and it was covered in duck weed. It was probably looking for frogs. Neovison vison The American mink is a small, semi-aquatic carnivore which can dive to depths of 5 to 6 metres and swim underwater for up 35 metres.

Not much here in the way of birds but i did find this mink swimming in a slough. Neovison vison The American mink is a small, semi-aquatic carnivore which can dive to depths of 5 to 6 metres and swim underwater for up 35 metres.

I had the wrong settings as I was set up for photographing the supermoon, was shooting through glass at dusk. I changed setting quickly and fired off a few shots. All in all not too bad. Just at dusk Anne noticed a mink at the pond in our yard. It was diving in, probably looking for frogs. It worked its way through the upper area and then rolled in the grass. Neovison vison The American mink is a  carnivore  which feeds on rodents, fish, crustaceans, frogs, and birds.

I saw an animal that I thought was a squirrel near our small pond but when I looked closely I realized it was a mink. We have had them in the yard before but not hunting in the pond. It dove into the pond which is not much bigger than the mink. It came out with a frog which it left on the grass. It went back several more times and caught more frogs. I went outside to get better photos and it seemed to scent me and started taking his prizes away. Neovison vison Minks are a voracious predator, and they eat a wide variety of prey and will store any surplus to eat later. source -arkive.org