I have wanted to photograph and videotape a mink for years! And I finally did it.
I have come close a couple of times, but the lighting was so poor the photos weren’t usable.
On 10 August 2024, while bird watching on Babel Slough Rd. in Yolo County, CA., I was already enjoying a magical moment with a Warbling Vireo, Nashville Warblers, and an Ash-throated Flycatcher, all neotropical migrants on their way back to their winter homes, when a mink loped upslope from the slough onto the road. I fired off seven photographs then switched to video mode to create this movie.
The sound you hear in the video is me trying to mimic high-pitched sounds to lure the mink toward me. A friend taught me this trick. I tried it, and it worked, as you can see.
The American Mink (Neogale vison), as the name implies, is native to California. They eat birds, rodents, fish, frogs and other small creatures at the slough.
People have slaughtered countless American Minks to make coats and other apparel. Luckily, that industry is seeing steep declines as consumers attitudes shift and states, countries, and retailers shun this practice.
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