Wildlife spotting!

Today we went to the Ecotarium in Worcester. It was very very fun and Lucy had a grand time checking out the exhibits, playing with puppets, and going up and down stairs. On the way there, we watched as a very strange looking creature crossed the road in front of us and ran off to hide in someone's backyard. After some staring, talking, and research on the web, we've come to the conclusion that we probably saw a Fisher Cat! This is very exciting! I wish I could say that we took a picture, but sadly, the camera was at home. Here is someone else's picture -- this really is what it looked like!
I'm particularly excited about seeing a fisher cat, because it's a creature that figures prominently in many tales of New England witchcraft. In the testimony against witches, folks often claim that the supposed witches supposedly sent out their "familiars" (creatures that supposedly did their bidding) which often took the form of a "warraneage" which is apparently a Native American term for what we'd call the Fisher Cat today.

It's sort of funny though that the most exciting wildlife we saw was actually outside of the trip to the wildlife exhibit.