I walked down to the river on April 6th with a few friends. It was such a lovely day. When we arrived at the river we sat there for a while, chatting. I ended up walking down onto the sand after spotting a trace of an animal.

I found a set of animal tracks which a Fisher left behind. A Fisher is a mammal which lives to be about seven years old. It is about three feet long (including the tail) and weighs 8 to 12 pounds. They eat snowshoe hares, rabbits, rodents and birds, and are one of the few predators of porcupines. When prey is unavailable, they are known to eat nuts, insects, and berries. They are commonly found in the Northeast and Midwest of North America, in fact they are only found in North America. April is the Fisher's mating season, litter sizes range from 1-4 kits. The kit will remain with their mother until fall approaches.

Habitat: wetland, shore, river

What I found interesting: I was wondering what type of footprint it was... from afar I was thinking dog but when I got up close I realized it was definitely not a dog. I was interested, so I took a photograph and looked it up... turns out it is a fisher!