The minks rich glossy coat in it's wild state is brown, but farm bred mink can vary from white to almost black. Escaped farm bred mink can mix with the wild variety and that probably accounts for the light coloured coat seen here.

The mink eats anything big enough to be worth its attention and small enough to be caught and overcome. That means anything from about the size of a mouse up to the size of a rabbit. Although mink can swim well and catch many kinds of fish (showing a marked preference for eels), they are not so well adapted for aquatic hunting as the otter, and are not so dependant on fish for food. They eat more fish in the winter when the fish swim slower and are easier to catch. They are equally fond of furry prey and take mice, voles, rats, squirrels and young rabbits. If these are scarce, they turn to birds. As might be expected from an animal with such aquatic inclinations, the mink takes mainly waterfowl. ~ The Pied Piper

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