We have one that lives in our firewood lean-to in the winter and I have seen it spring out from between two pieces of firewood, grab a blue jay, and pull it back through a space that a bird of that size should not fit into in the blink of an eye.
By the time I could cross the 5 or 6 feet to peek between the rows of wood it had already dispatched the bird and hidden somewhere to feast. All that was left as a clue was like 3 spots of blood and a couple of tail feathers.
Content Warning - Stoat doing stoat stuff. Animal death. Turn back now, etc…
They are remarkably cute, and twice as vicious.
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We have one that lives in our firewood lean-to in the winter and I have seen it spring out from between two pieces of firewood, grab a blue jay, and pull it back through a space that a bird of that size should not fit into in the blink of an eye.
By the time I could cross the 5 or 6 feet to peek between the rows of wood it had already dispatched the bird and hidden somewhere to feast. All that was left as a clue was like 3 spots of blood and a couple of tail feathers.
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