Outdoor Radio: Tracking The Fisher

Vermont Public | By Chris Albertine,

Published December 20, 2017 at 2:15 PM EST

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It is difficult to track down a Fisher for a photograph, but this female was spotted sniffing in the snow at the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock.

Ed Sharron

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This Fisher was spotted at the Marsh-Billings Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock.

Ed Sharron

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The tail dragging through the snow is one of the signs to watch for when tracking a Fisher.

Kent McFarland / Vermont Center For Ecostudies

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Kent McFarland, Sara Zahendra and Steve Faccio are pleased to spot some Fisher tracks at the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock.

Kent McFarland / Vermont Center For Ecostudies

This month on Outdoor Radio, biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies head out into the woods to track the Fisher. Sometimes called the Fisher Cat, it's not a cat at all. Biologist Steve Faccio, who specializes in Fishers, joins McFarland and Zahendra to dispel some myths about Fishers and offer tips on how to track them.

Learn more about Fishers at these sites:

BioKIDS' Kids' Inquiry Of Diverse Species
Smithsonian National Museum Of Natural History
Report your Fisher sightings on the Vermont Center For Ecostudies iNaturalist page

Outdoor Radio is produced in collaboration with The Vermont Center For Ecostudies. This program originally aired in January, 2016