Fisher Cat Pictures Massachusetts

Except during their brief mating season fishers are solitary creatures and are active during night and day.

Fisher cat pictures massachusetts. 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. It has a pointed face with large rounded ears set close to the head. The fur of the fisher varies seasonally being denser and glossier in the winter. I came home and googld it and this site said that they can swim so i believe that that is what it was.

Adult males are 90 to 120 cm 35 47 in long and weigh 3 5 to 6 0 kilograms 8 13 lb. It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as a fisher cat although it is not a cat. Male and female fishers look similar. Although many people call them fisher cats the name is inappropriate.

July 16 2009 at 1 01 am i just heard a bunch of eerie screeches in the backyard thought it was a child. The fisher exhibits the typical weasel shape with a long slender body short legs and furred tail. During the summer. 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.

The fisher martes pennanti is the second largest member of the weasel family found in massachusetts. They are neither members of the feline family nor do they catch fish. Only the river otter is larger. The following story and fisher cat pictures are from one of our website visitors in andover ma.

With the exception of metro boston fishers can now be found in most rural and suburban areas across massachusetts. My wife noticed something brown walking along the top rail of our chain link fence and recognized it as a fisher cat. Adult females are 75 to 95 cm 30 37 in long and weigh 2 0 to 2 5 kg 4 6 lb. These animals often live in close proximity to residential homes and when left alone pose very little.

It is well adapted for climbing and has sharp retractable claws similar to those of a domestic cat. Its coloration is generally a rich brown to black with grizzled. Fishers in massachusetts aka fisher cats fishers often incorrectly referred to as fisher cats are extraordinary animals. Our dog annie golden retriever was going crazy this morning april 6 2009 to get out into our andover ma backyard.