Fisher Cat??

[greeleyhill]

I believe the first video shows an otter. Their tails are made for swimming and believe me, they are quite good at it. The second video is a different animal - that one is a mink. Check out the differences in the tail (one dragging on the ground the other up in the air) and the sizes are definitely different. I've seen mink on our rocky shoreline on Paugus Bay several time, right along the rocks and near the water and we had an otter in our pond last year so I got several good looks at that one. Granted - i'm not an expert but i've seen both in the wild and i'm 99% sure one is an otter, the other a mink.

[greeleyhill]

https://www.heraldnews.com/article/2...orts/160139705

[ApS]

Originally Posted by greeleyhill

This is a fisher.

Remarkable for its size!
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By the process of elimination:

Mink...No. Video critter is much too large.
House Cat...Unlikely. Tail held wrong, remote island.
Weasel...No. Not skinny or "slinky" enough--colors wrong.
Otter...No. Hindquarters are huge in otters, tail is strongly tapered and smooth. Video shows fluffy, cat-like tail.

Like upthesauke, I've seen only one Fisher, and it was in daylight. Video "moves" are consistent with Fisher.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by greeleyhill

https://www.heraldnews.com/article/2...orts/160139705

I have seen two fishers in the wild, both about 2/3 the size of the very large one in the photo. One while was walking crossed a woods road about 20' in front and stopped for a brief look at me. The other bonded across a road in front of my vehicle at night. IMHO the critter in the original video is just too small to be an adult fisher.

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

I have seen two fishers in the wild, both about 2/3 the size of the very large one in the photo. One while was walking crossed a woods road about 20' in front and stopped for a brief look at me. The other bonded across a road in front of my vehicle at night. IMHO the critter in the original video is just too small to be an adult fisher.

Could be a young of the year fisher...

[Barney Bear]

Looks like fishers that we have seen in our area in southern NH. Friends of ours on Welch Island have seen fishers on their property there. 🐻

[Hillcountry]

Oh yeah...viewed it on my large PC screen and can see clearly the head and ears are of a Fisher! Probably looking for that mink to gobble up!
My brother witnessed a chase between a fisher and a red squirrel from his tree stand while deer hunting...his account of the chase was amazing in that the fisher was right on the ass of the squirrel for the whole chase up and down trees and jumping from one tree to another. Lasted quite a while before they disappeared out of sight...

[radar4401]

Has anybody considered a martin? I looked in a Field Guide to the Mammals and it looks more like a martin including their description of color and shape of its tail. The size or shading doesn't match the video of the mink shown in a later video.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Oh yeah...viewed it on my large PC screen and can see clearly the head and ears are of a Fisher! Probably looking for that mink to gobble up! My brother witnessed a chase between a fisher and a red squirrel from his tree stand while deer hunting...his account of the chase was amazing in that the fisher was right on the ass of the squirrel for the whole chase up and down trees and jumping from one tree to another. Lasted quite a while before they disappeared out of sight...

YouTube has a similar chase with a grey squirrel. I found myself cheering for the squirrel ; unfortunately, the squirrel lost the chase!

The Marten would be a good match. It's a weasel listed with NH F&G at their web page; however, it would appear to be out of both its geographic- and elevation- range.

Still, I wouldn't rule it out.

Not sure why the Marten picture won't appear...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File...arten_area.png