Every one of New Hampshire’s 51 American ermine records comes through GBIF rather than a photograph, unusual for such a small, secretive weasel and a sign that trapping or specimen data, not casual sightings, drives what’s documented here. That’s a notably deeper record set than some neighboring states manage for this species, though no NatureServe state rank appears in this file to compare it against.
Records appear in every month with a June peak (7) and a sharp dip in March (just 1), a pattern that likely tracks trapping-season timing and post-breeding movement more than the ermine’s own visibility, since the near-total absence of iNaturalist records means almost nothing here reflects when people actually see the animal.
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