Motif: Whose Eyes Are They?

I'm guessing Porcupine. Nice beady little eyes.

I am guessing Porcupine too, although with nothing to judge the scale/size of this animal it could be several animals. - I'll still go for my first guess though! Nice shot with those liquid eyes and snowy nose.

Every porcupine I've ever shot has had a much darker face--to the point where the eyes were hard to see against the face.

But I'll admit that there's variation in the species; some may have lighter colour.

I just checked the one porcupine shot I have handy, and the shape of the face/nose just doesn't seem right for that either.

So I'm voting against porcupine.

My guess is hedgehog--they're lighter in colour and do have that shape of face, n'est-ce pas?

-Paul

This looks like a Mink or some other type of mustelid to me - perhaps a ferret.

The image as posted could support a little more contrast to remove the digital haze that is present. This can be applied as an adjustment in curves (pulling down slightly in the lower quartile) or as a secondary application of usm after sharpening with values (in the range of) Amount = 40: Radius = 30: Threshold = 0.

I haven't posted here in a dogs age but I vote for hedgehog!

My guess is with the mink/fisher/martin family.

Thanks for looking everyone! Tim got it right, it is a fisher

It was one of three "controlled" fishers that came into the feeder station that I set up in February. I save and freeze bones and fat all year and put them out in the winter after the bears and racoons have gone to hibernate. When the snow is deep and still soft fishers and foxes have a diffitult time and have to expend huge amounts of energy looking for food. They cross my property close by and eventually start coming in on an irregular basis. I keep myself hidden but if they see me they take off so don't become accustomed to my presence.

When I realized that one of the foxes that was coming in every once in awhile had mange I stopped putting out food so as not to concentrate animals in the area that might contact the disease. It is fatal to canine species.

I'll post the shot that the "eyes" came from when my 24 hours is up.

I was having trouble callibrating my monitor and that is why the image is light. Also it was taken through the window

Nice intense 'eye' shot. I agree that more contrast would help the image. Thanks for posting to the motif.

Great eyes and love the snow.