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Gullion
1949
Mustela vison
-2-
Aug 17 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.-
butt of my gun. When less than arms
length away, I started to swing, it
saw me, I saw that it was a
12-14 inch Mink, and it left before
I got a shot at it. It ran for the
Sedges while for cover, but kept
in the Cleochris as it ran. Earlier
today a Sora that I dropped from
about 100 feet, disappeared before I
got to it. From the size of the pool of
blood where the bird dropped, and
the fact that I didn't see it move
a farther after dropping, leads me to
suspect a Mink got to it before I
did. That happened over along the Old
Channel of Maple Creek on the NE side of
the marsh.