>On the interurban trail in Auburn last SAturday, Jerry and I saw a
>small mammal, about 10-12 inches that caused us to remark -oh , a
>weasel., but we weren't sure.
>Are sure that it had a yellow-mustard colored undersides - no white.
>top part was dark brown. Had a dark tip on the tail.
>Was very tame or incredibly near sighted. We approached to within 15
>feet and then it ran past us and dove into a ditch behind us.
>Don't remember what ferrets look like, but think they are bigger than
>the creature we saw.

Once at Nisqually I saw a weasel emerge from the tall grass beside the trail
hotly pursued by a second. The two headed directly for me, looked like they
were going to run right into me, until at the last second the first weasel
veered right, back into the grass. The second veered left, nearly colliding
with a gentleman and teenage boy before it dove for cover on the opposite
side of the trail. This all must have occured in a matter of a few seconds. Wow!



Michael B. Brown
Puyallup, Washington
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W-253-841-8733
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"...I found myself suddenly neighbor to the birds; not by having imprisoned
one, but having caged myself near them."

-Thoreau
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