The Ermine is a Short-tailed Weasel, in it's winter coat. One would never know this animal can have densities of as many as 20 animals per acre (when there is plenty of food), as one hardly ever sees them out and about. However, every once and awhile one (that "one" being me) gets lucky, and is in the right place at the right time. The right place this time, was a friends back yard, where I photographed this Ermine nosing about the sheds and the bird feeders in it's search for a meal.