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[ronott1]

can't see enough of the feet to tell anything definitive -- but raccoons have much bigger ears & overall a pointier face -- i did a google search for "albino raccoon," and a lot of photos pop up (they exist!) but the faces in particularly look nothing like Kim's friend's photo -- whereas the photos of martens do:


albino raccoon


pine marten

and actually, it MUST be a critter in its winter coat, rather than albino, because the nose is black -- an albino anything would have no pigment anywhere (notice the nose & eye color in the albino raccoon photo)

I was hoping the claws would help figure out what it was.

Hopefully it will not eat their chickens!

 

[Happy Chooks]

They're hatching!!! Day 26!!!!

Congrats!

@lawatt and everyone, any idea what this is? A FB friend in Port Orchard, WA, had it show up at her place. She's not far from Olympic National Park.

Looks like a fox.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: The base is easy to clean, but every few hatches, you need to unscrew the lid and clean off the chick fuzz off the fan. Just an extra step.

 

[lawatt]

Congrats!

Looks like a fox.

not a fox, the only kind of fox in Olympic NP is the red fox, and they don't turn white in winter, either -- and they have MUCH pointier ears & longer, poofier tail.

any of these candidates (raccoon, marten, fox, etc) WILL eat chickens if given the opportunity, so if your friend has chickens, i hope they have predator-proof coops! my best guess is still a marten.

 

[Audio51]

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Both the pine marten and stoat are much more slender animals. The blonde raccoons seem to have longer fur on the face.

 

[lawatt]

Both the pine marten and stoat are much more slender animals. The blonde raccoons seem to have longer fur on the face.

agree re: stoat, but martens can be more stocky... i've sent the photo to some wildlife biologist friends to ak.

 

[lawatt]

Both the pine marten and stoat are much more slender animals. The blonde raccoons seem to have longer fur on the face.

but aha, BLONDE raccoon brings up something that looks more similar -- found this photo with google search:


there's still a trace of the face mask (this was the lightest one in all the photos that search pulled up), but it's possible. NOT albino, though. and the ears still look too big for the critter in Kim's friend's photo, to my eye?

i didn't know there WERE blonde raccoons!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: It has a striking resemblance to the Arctic Fox, but I couldn't find anything that said if they are in WA or not.

 

[liz9910]

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Amazing! Congrats!

 

[liz9910]

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I just ordered mine from Amazon.