09-21-2015, 06:28 PM
While hiking cross country up in my usual Desolation Wilderness, I saw a critter out of the corner of my eye that I assumed was a marmot, but when I got a good look, it was clearly a Marten. I only recognized him because I have an old map of the area that has a little bit of info on the area on the back side including a pic of a marten. I had never seen one before.
Other people I talked to that really know the area said that it's extremely rare to see one of these guys these days. When I got home, I did a search and found that the forest service wants to hear report of sightings so I called and talked to the biologist on staff and she took the report. I send her the still from a video that I shot and the coordinates of the sighting. They also want reports of sightings of fishers, red foxes & wolverines - I had no idea that any of those animals were in this area.
Sure is a cute little guy...
Other people I talked to that really know the area said that it's extremely rare to see one of these guys these days. When I got home, I did a search and found that the forest service wants to hear report of sightings so I called and talked to the biologist on staff and she took the report. I send her the still from a video that I shot and the coordinates of the sighting. They also want reports of sightings of fishers, red foxes & wolverines - I had no idea that any of those animals were in this area.
Sure is a cute little guy...