Is this a fisher?

Checked cameras today and found this. Picture of squirrel for reference. Most are saying fisher, but a few saying mink, not big enough to be a fisher.
https://i.postimg.cc/FRKJsSty/PICT0077.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/tRMFJB4Y/PICT0079.jpg

My guess would be a Pine Martin. Smaller and I believe generally darker than a Fisher but coloration can vary quite a bit. Too big for a mink I think.

edit: upon further research, the seemingly short legs and lack of lighter throat tends to support it being a Mink.

Not big enough to be a Fisher. Pine Martin or Mink.

I'd say its a mink. Any marten I've seen has been reddish in color.

My guess would be a big mink. Beautiful critter.

I am favoring that it is a younger Fisher.
Compared to the Squirrel picture, it is already looking like it is over 3 pounds which would be about the limit of a large Mink.
How near to a swamp is this camera?

I'd say young fisher doesn't really have the right features for a mink

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Originally Posted by Big Tuna

I am favoring that it is a younger Fisher.
Compared to the Squirrel picture, it is already looking like it is over 3 pounds which would be about the limit of a large Mink.
How near to a swamp is this camera?

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Bush is generally dry. Closest water sources are a creek and a drainage ditch that are both 200+ yards from camera.

I would guess small Fisher; I don't believe a pine marten is that big. Nice looking black squirrel in the second picture

Wrong color for a pine marten, little to big for a mink that do not do a lot of tree climbing, I will go with a fisher.