Wild New Jersey Exclusive: Mink sighting at Barnegat Light
Photo courtesy of Jim Gilbert, www.jimgilbertphoto.com
Photographer Jim Gilbert visited Barnegat Light State Park, and found a remarkable sighting along the jetty.
"A male Mink [was] very actively hunting the jetty as I walked in at sunset," said Gilbert. "He showed no interesting in the roosting shorebirds, but eventually came up soaking wet with a fish in mouth."
David,
Your father and I work together. He mentioned your website to me. I mentioned that the fact that I am on the board of Save Barnegat Bay - http://www.savebarnegatbay.org - there may be topics of interest to you on their website.
Ed O'Malley
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I just found a mink in the road, possibly dehydrated or maybe sick. It is currently with animal control and they are trying to help it or determine if it's a lost cause. Are mink sightings rare in NJ?
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i beleive i just spotted a mink in franklin lakes (bergen county), seemed about two feet long, similar coat to the picture.it was investigating near a small brook behind the place i work. never seen anything like that around here, very cool
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I ran into your site while surfing around the net. I saw a mink in the salt marsh in Bayville NJ last year.
It was a baby.I had no clue what it was til I saw the photo here.
It came up close to me and stretched out in the grass in the hot sun.
I knew it was not an otter, but this is exactly what it looked like.
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I saw a mink near the Boonton Reservoir this evening on the side of the road in the snow... Thought it may have been a fisher, but by comparing the to animals photos, it was definitely a mink.
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I live on cedar bonnet island on sunday march21 2010 i spotted what i think is a minks in my garden and its living under my shed,at first i thought it was a ferret but its brown and a whole bigger than one
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Saw a black mink or weasel in my backyard crossing the stream that leads into crystal lake. Oakland NJ
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got photo of retreating animal near a creek yesterday, West Windsor NJ. Low to the ground, long and lean. At first seemed all black but photo suggests very dark brown with long tail somewhat fluffier than a muskat. I think now this is a mink. Exciting!
--Susan M
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I saw what I'm pretty sure was a mink on 11/7/2010 in Pluckamin at a pond off Washington Valley road. It was Not a ferret, otter, fisher or marten. It was diving into the pond, climbing a tree and going into another animals burrow; coming out in the pond.
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Just saw a small black mink in my backyard along the banks of Shadow Lake, Franklin Lakes. Second time I've seen it this year. I suppose I'll see fewer rabbits and chipmunks next year.
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Hubby and I just spotted what I thought was a blackish squirrel, we were wrong! He said it was too long for a squirrel. I live in Water's Edge development in Jefferson Township, NJ (Morris Cty., but closer to passaic and sussex). My section of the development backs up to swampy/marsh area which is adjacent to Moosepac pond. I have a 3000 gallon koi pond (currently almost completely frozen over, pump still active). He came out of the weir area soaking wet. I am hoping he was just drinking. Do you know how big of a fish a small mink would attempt to fish for. Most of my koi are a larger than 18 inches, but I do have one that is 12 inches and a comet that is about 6 inches. I hope I don't find and injured fish when Spring comes along.
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Sounds like you live by habitat that's perfect for mink. I think it would definitely go after the koi, but I'm not sure how large of a fish they would eat. Good luck!
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Thanks! I will keep my fingers crossed that I don't find pieces of fish in the spring!
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I spotted what I believe to be a mink at Vernon Valley lake.It was looking along the shoreline for food and then crossed the lake were I was ice fishing.I stayed as still as I could and it came within 25 yds of me.It did look alot like a dark brown squirrel but longer and did not move about the way a squirrel does.It felt great to observe the animal for almost 5 minutes before it dissapeared.Once in a lifetime....
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I thought I saw a mink while fishing from shore in Spruce Run (Clinton NJ) on April 4, 2011. It was swimming for my line in the water before I scared him away. He then came on shore and circled around me - I think he was curious. After looking at pics on-line and viewing previous posts on this site, I can definitely say that it was a mink.
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Found a dead mink at the intersection on route 130 north and Cinnaminson ave in Cinnaminson NJ last month
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I believe we saw a mink in a creek in Basking Ridge NJ on Sunday, 10 April
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I was driving in Warren county yesterday in Mansfield to Washington on the back road and spotted a black looking squirrel crossing the road, as I got closer I noticed it was a black ferret. After seaching today I am sure it was a mink. Things you see in NJ.
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I just saw a black mink today in Tewksbury> He came out of the thicket and I have a small stram in my back yard. First time I ever saw one.
Tony D
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A mink just ran through my yard in Mendham township. We back onto a brook and I'm sure that's where it was headed. How amazing!
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I saw a mother mink with an offspring galavanting along the edge of a pond, and they made their way closer to me. I belive they still live at the pond in Blairstown. I also saw a dead one on rt 206 in Andover, and a dead one on 519 near Hope. I wish them well.
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I Found a dead mink on the side of river road in Princeton, dark brown and extremely healthy before apparently a car changed that
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My wife and I watched a large mink diving, fishing and eating just outside his creekside burrow in the Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR yesterday, 1/29/2012. He got very active and protective (but not beligerent) when a great blue heron stopped by to fish. Sorry, didn't have a decent camera with us.
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