ID help please!

[CaraRose]

Okay, so I stopped at the lagoons since traffic was crawling. I'm walking down to a dike that I see blue herons at a lot, and I see something moving. I see a brushy tail and though... squirrel. They I thought, that's too frigging big to be a squirrel!

Is this a mink? I'm positive it's some sort of weasel. It was absolutely adorable!

[TessaBlue]

Looks like a mink to me! Beautiful!

[Eric D]

Not sure on this one...but excellent capture!!

[CaraRose]

Thanks, Tessa, Eric

I only got three shots off and they were all underexposed, but thankfully a little tweaking in lightroom helped with that. He stopped to take a good look at me and then ran down the bank and vanished.

[Dylan8i]

after searching for American mink, and looking at the results id say that's what your animal is, 95% sure.

[Singletracklovr]

Wow excellent find and capture CaraRose.
I just love surprise visits by little creatures like this on a hike.
Nicely done thanks for sharing.

[paulnj]

mink indeed