Cliff,

It was probably a Mink. Size and behavior sound right.

Dennis K Rockwell
Kennewick, WA
denniskrockwell at juno.com

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On Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:28:29 EST birder at juno.com (Cliff Drake) writes:
>I made a brief stop this morning at the new ponds at Golden Gardens
>Park and saw a small mammal swimming and diving in the north (? the
>one on the right as you cross the bridge) pond. It seemed too small to
>be an otter or a muskrat, my initial estimate was 14 to 18 inches long
>without tail, 3 or 4 inches across. Its tail wasn't noticeable. It
>made only two brief appearances before it disappeared, but an arm of
>that pond is out of sight from the bridge. Color-wise it was a
>brownish gray, but everything looked gray, the rain, the water, the
>sky, the ducks... The Audubon Guide says the Long-Tailed Weasel is a
>good swimmer - I wish I could give more information, but it gave me
>only a brief look - any ideas?
>
>The ducks, gulls and starlings love the rain it seems. The lawn from
>the Teen Center to the ponds was covered with Mallards and Wigeons,
>gulls and starlings. At least 300 ducks, probably more. The rain keeps
>the dogs and kite flyers away...
>=================
>Cliff Drake
>Seattle, (Ballard) WA
>Birder at Juno.com
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