I was walking by a shed in the dark and heard a strange sound. It sounded like a thud with some scratching and that same sound kept repeating. I've been carrying more but of course not this time but had a good flashlight.
I pointed the light in the shed and moved to try and see as much as possible. It was a single stall shed with a farm tractor backed in and shed is open to the south.
I got closer and closer figured out a mink got into a garbage can and wasn't able to get out. My guess was that it was a rat and was thinking tuff luck but I thought I should make sure. The can had a cover and on the cover was a box that had gopher bait and traps in it but the cover was just a peice of metal and left a gap big enough for stuff to go in there.
I took my phone and pointed in the can with the cover in place and snapped a picture and was surprised to see a mink in their. I don't know how long it was there but was in the shed Sunday to get the bait for gophers.
I suppose it thought his goose was cooked especially with me there but I pulled the can over with a rope so it could get free.
Mink https://imgur.com/a/2sdTkk1