Mink!
Really nice picture! We have a Mink that lives around our property and is sometimes seen around the docks. We have piles of mussel shells around the dock cribs as evidence of its foraging. These guys aren't a problem on land. They eat mostly mussels and crayfish -- won't find them rooting around in your trash bin like certain masked woodland creatures I see from time to time.....
I see them most often in the winter when they use the open water around the dock for easy access to the water. I leave them a dead cusk or two when I'm out ice fishing.
I've always wondered where it has a den. Never seen more than 1 at a time -- solitary creatures for the most part.
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