Fishers, which are members of the weasel family, are opportunistic, agile and sometimes clever.
This fisher in South Solon on a video contributed by Andy Davis shows all of these traits as it tries its best to reach a chunk of suet it wants at the end of this small tree limb.
Fishers don’t really like being out in the open, but as long as they can get somewhere fast that has protection, they will venture out, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
As carnivores, fishers eat snowshoe hare, small rodents, upland birds and carrion of deer, moose and beaver, and they are the most successful predators of porcupines, the MDIF&W said.
They live in dens and come out during the day more often in the winter than summer. When it’s really bad winter weather, they stay in their dens.
These animals are good climbers because they have five toes with retractable claws on each foot, making it easier for them to grasp even small branches like the one in the video.
Fishers are furbearers and can be trapped legally in Maine.
