Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA.  We were in the dog area (they have a 40
acrea area for the pups) that I've gone to just about every other day for
the past three years.  We were walking away from this spot on the
Sammamish River and something caught my eye - turned to see a weasel
dashing across the path and then jumping through a fence and into the
tall grass along the river.

It happened so fast but my boyfriend and I both got a good look at it -
it had to have been only about 25-30 feet away.  Long and lithe - brown
with a lighter underbelly and black on its tail tip.  I got home and
it's definitely a long-tailed weasel.  Here's what they look like -
<http://www.link75.org/bhm/four/libby/libclass4/sd/writ5/Images/
Long-tailed-weasel3.jpg>

Thankfully none of the dogs saw it.  I think it made sure the dogs
weren't looking and that I WAS since it knew how happy I'd be to have
seen it! :)

Anyone else as nuts about ferret cousins??

- Laura and The Seattle Seven at www.ferretocious.com
[Posted in FML issue 5279]