Comments by Ty Wood

Feral ferret in HMB?

July 21, 2009
I regularly ride my bike on the Trail from the Harbor to HMB Beach. I've seen these long critters leaping across the trail way ahead of me several times. About 3 weeks ago I saw a pair near Frenchman's Creek crossing and one waited until I got within about 25' before it fled into the bush. They were both red and the one I saw closely had a raccoon-like mask over some white on its face. In photos I could find, the mask seems to only belong to the ferret. On the other hand, the bodies were very long,…