[Tweeters] Fisher in Pacific County

[Paul Bannick]

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On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:14 PM Dianna Moore <osdlm1945 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi all...A few years ago Grays Harbor Audubon hosted someone who spoke of

> the fishers that were released on the Olympic Peninsula, and of their

> subsequent movements. At least one was tracked into the hills above Elma,

> looking for a mate it was supposed. I really hope they re-establish their

> population, and I'm hopeful "your" fisher goes forth and multiplies!

> Dianna Moore

> Ocean Shores

>

> On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 5:13 PM Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>> Thanks. I saw the photos of the Long Beach area Wolverine from 2002 when

>> it was published in the Chinook Observer.

>>

>> The animal I saw was smaller, without any noticeable variation in the

>> color of the fur - just dark brown.  I think the dramatically large tail in

>> comparison to the  body size was also indicative of Fisher.

>>

>> I saw a Long-tailed Weasel yesterday, and I am familiar with Mink (that I

>> have seen quite a few times).  River Otters of course have non-bushy

>> tails.  The habitat too was good for a Fisher.

>>

>> My description of it being the size of a small dog meant something

>> appearing about the size of a 20 pound dog.  My dog (with short hair) is 17

>> pounds, and smaller looking than the Fisher I saw.  The longer hair and

>> huge tail of the Fisher may have given the impression of being a bigger

>> animal than it was, but I have subsequently read that a Fisher varies from

>> 6 to 25 pounds.  (I am not sure how there can be such a range.)  I read

>> that a Wolverine varies between 25 and about 40 pounds.  I have never seen

>> a Wolverine.

>>

>> As I understand, about 100 Fishers were released on the Olympic

>> Peninsula, and others in The Cascades.  My biggest question is whether a

>> few were released closer to here, or whether it might have drifted to the

>> Long Beach Peninsula from The Olympic Peninsula or elsewhere.  The forested

>> areas of the Long Beach Peninsula would have hosted Fishers before their

>> likely extirpation, I think.

>>

>> https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/pekania-pennanti

>>

>>

>> Jeff

>>

>>

>>

>> > On Sep 3, 2021, at 8:18 AM, Emily Winstrom <emily.winstrom at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>> >

>> > We’re volunteering at Cape Disappointment State Park, and our ranger

>> suggested another possibility: a wolverine.   A wolverine, or wolverines,

>> have been spotted in the area, supported with photographic evidence.

>> This was in 2019.

>> >

>> >     Emily Winstrom, Volunteer at Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center,

>> Resident of    Bellevue Washington

>> >

>>

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