tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post8964564208560475331..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: 55 Words - The FisherMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-5627478216934717082014-02-20T15:31:28.732-05:002014-02-20T15:31:28.732-05:00Nicely done - He does have a glare of a stare - He...Nicely done - He does have a glare of a stare - He looks quite stout! Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-1827773813905475722014-02-16T16:04:05.089-05:002014-02-16T16:04:05.089-05:00Hello there. I enjoyed your description of the fis...Hello there. I enjoyed your description of the fisher, written in sentences as in prose-poem style. I sometimes write sentences for my 55s also. <br /><br />I am so glad you saw one after many years, and hope they thrive and visit you again. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-2344749577351785632014-02-15T06:31:50.666-05:002014-02-15T06:31:50.666-05:00I saw a fisher in the woods once. It was chasing a...I saw a fisher in the woods once. It was chasing a whitetail fawn. This was in early summer so the fawn was still quite young; I had no doubt that if the fisher caught it, the fawn was going to be lunch. They can be pretty aggressive hunters. <br /><br />And Kulkuri is remembering the wrong weasel. We had a pine marten in the yard. Martens are cute; fishers are scary. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-54376508818943695102014-02-14T20:44:16.840-05:002014-02-14T20:44:16.840-05:00Looks like an interesting fellow. Good 55. I don...Looks like an interesting fellow. Good 55. I don't really see any Fishers around here (Middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin).Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-72189538135554393832014-02-14T18:54:32.917-05:002014-02-14T18:54:32.917-05:00We had a fisher here a couple months ago. It was d...We had a fisher here a couple months ago. It was digging around in the snow for windfall apples. It also climbed an apple tree and was looking at how to get at the suet feeder I have for the birds. The suet feeder is on a metal post about 3/4 feet from the apple tree. After a while it climbed down, it was very nimble climbing up and down.<br /><br />An old trapper once told me that, "If fishers were the size of German Shepherds, nobody would dare go out in the woods. <br /><br />Another member of the weasel family that can kill porcupines is the wolverine. That bad ass just flips them over and rips out the belly. A black bear will circle around a wolverine rather than face it.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-17011209878687622492014-02-14T18:24:58.859-05:002014-02-14T18:24:58.859-05:00You are right M, fisher cats are souped-up weasels...You are right M, fisher cats are souped-up weasels and can grow big enough to be dangerous. They will kill house cats if they are in an urban area. I doubt a single coyote could take one out; and I don't know if they climb trees - but that wouldn't surprise me. <br />the Ol'Buzzard Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-56547815504189650722014-02-14T17:12:48.080-05:002014-02-14T17:12:48.080-05:00G-Man - Thanks for sponsoring the flash.
Here in ...G-Man - Thanks for sponsoring the flash.<br /><br />Here in Maine we call them Fishers or Fisher Cats, even though they are not feline but come from the weasel family.<br /><br />Audrey - Fishers are very elusive and secretive. I have seen them in the woods but not in my immediate area for a long time. Someone told me that when the coyotes moved in, the Fishers moved out. I guess they were wrong.<br /><br />Thanks for swinging by and for sure I will try my hand at another 55 flash in the future.<br /><br />Demeur - Fishers come from the same family as weasels.<br /><br />They(NFL, MLB, NHL, etc.) are indeed all corporate whores, which is why I definitely feel they do not deserve tax free status.<br /><br />Not sure where I come down politically? That's excellent. That tells me that I am pretty successful at sitting somewhere in the middle. Although my extreme disgust with the Right in recent years has pushed me left of center for sure.And even though I have issues with both sides, I feel that at least the Left seems to be concerned with the welfare and interests of the whole country, not just a small percentage of the population.<br /><br />Tom Harper - You might have seen a weasel. But of course, I am no expert. Was it bigger than a couple of pounds? If so, I probably was not a weasel. <br /><br />MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-52063995746983470172014-02-14T16:36:01.599-05:002014-02-14T16:36:01.599-05:00The Fisher sounds like a fascinating animal. They...The Fisher sounds like a fascinating animal. They were recently reintroduced back into Olympic National Park.<br /><br />We saw an animal on our back porch a few months ago that I thought was either a fisher or someone's escaped ferret. I googled both animals; it didn't look anything like a ferret. The animal we saw was more smooth-haired than the pictures I've seen of fishers, but it could have been a younger one. I've never seen any animal so quick and agile. I could easily picture it running up and down trees and catching squirrels.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-51892453825568630712014-02-14T13:02:15.758-05:002014-02-14T13:02:15.758-05:00To be honest I wouldn't know a fisher from a w...To be honest I wouldn't know a fisher from a weasel (to urban here).<br /><br />I still hang around the blogsphere but only on fridays.<br /><br />I think the NFL will die a slow death. I mean come on $4000 for a Super Bowl ticket!<br /><br />I never could quite figure out where you are politically but let me say they're all corporate whores. Until we get the money out of politics nothing will change. On that note I don't follow anything on corporate owned main stream media about politics.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-75493067095625166872014-02-14T11:47:53.762-05:002014-02-14T11:47:53.762-05:00I would wonder as much where one came from after s...I would wonder as much where one came from after so much time. <br /><br />Thanks for dropping by. I hope you will do many more 55's. Yes, flash is a challenge, but fun. I do both the sentence variety and the poetry kind, depending on my mood.Alice Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493000223984649409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-60534081578870175172014-02-14T11:14:12.267-05:002014-02-14T11:14:12.267-05:00Mr. Macrum...
Welcome to the Friday Funfest!
Loved...Mr. Macrum...<br />Welcome to the Friday Funfest!<br />Loved your Fisher Story. Growing up in Michigan, we used to refer to them as Fisher Martins. I wonder if they still refer to that old term?<br />I hope you found this writing prompt to be challenging, creative, and FUN! Please join us again, have a Kick Ass Week-EndG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.com