Little hunter

[Marc St Louis]

I noticed something moving like a flash around my bird feeder the other day.  He was sneaky and making use of Squirrel passages in the snow

[Digital Caveman]

Is there an ermine in the photo?

[BrianS]

Marc,
Cool picture. His eyes blend in with all the seeds but I think I located his head poking out. Very cool. Thanks for posting the picture.
brian

[paulc]

Just left of the dish...pretty cool

[Hawkdancer]

Right between the dish and the yellow seut(?).  Sneaky little bugger, but his pelt looks prime!
Hawkdancer

[Marc St Louis]

His head is poking out the hole.  Red Squirrels make a lot of passages under the snow to get from one place to another and he was making use of them.  I wonder if they ever meet up under the snow.  He wasn't too afraid of me

[JW_Halverson]

I once saw a disembodied pheasant head bounding through a snowy ditch in North Dakota.  I turned around, drove back and bailed out of the pickup. When I got close I saw the beady little black eyes of a winter coated weasel! I left the little devil to his feast, he was welcome to it!

[Marc St Louis]

I put out a few pieces of Chicken along with some Chicken fat when I saw him, there was a ball of suet hanging above him and he was trying to figure out how to get to it.  In the picture he was licking the fat

[bjrogg]

Finger licking good Marc. I’m sure between the suet, chicken fat and occasional bird and squirrel. He is pretty happy there.

[Pappy]

Very cool picture, never would have seen it if someone hadn't have told me where to look. What is it ??
 Pappy

[Marc St Louis]

We always just called them a Weasel, brown in the summer and white in the winter

He was back last night.  I moved a ball of suet to a hanging planter next to the kitchen window the other day and all he has to do is climb the window and jump to the planter.  There was a lot of noise coming from the window last night and the snow was well packed this morning

I had a Siamese Cat when I was much younger and she caught a weasel one day and brought it inside the house...what a wild situation.  The Weasel got away from her and she made a mad dash to catch it again but was able to.  I grabbed her and the Weasel and threw them outside.

[Allyn T]

That is super cool!

[Hawkdancer]

The winter phase is called "ermine" in the fur trade business, very expensive for the size.  They look nice on my black sporran, though! 
Hawkdancer

[Marc St Louis]

He was back for some lunch today.  I have no problems him sticking around as I'm sure he is keeping the mouse population in check

[Digital Caveman]

I had a Siamese Cat when I was much younger and she caught a weasel one day and brought it inside the house...what a wild situation.  The Weasel got away from her and she made a mad dash to catch it again but was able to.  I grabbed her and the Weasel and threw them outside.

   

We got a couple of those on a trail cam set to watch a porcupine den.  There were also a lot of mice.