Stoat!

D500, 500PF, 1/800,f/5.6,ISO 3200
Photo-painting -various apps and hand-painted tweaks.

This little stoat lived on my property  during the winter  of 2022. (I thought it would be nice to see a winter scene while so many of us are enduring record high temperatures).
Anyway, there is a story about this little rascal. This picture was taken near my car. One day I drove away, all unaware of the  future event awaiting me. I drove about 3 miles from home, when this little one suddenly appeared  running frantically along the windshield wiper hollow of my car. Astonished, I immediately slowed down and was hoping to turn around and take him/her back home.( I was very fond of watching it running around, and often encountered him/her on my porch steps.)  So, as I slowed down, she took a flying leap off my car, and ran into the woods. I was very sorry to lose her and looked for her  many times along the same road. Perhaps another one will  come here, or maybe she/he even returned "home". No way to know for sure, except having seen one in a trail camera video some time later.