Who is that out there

Noise on the verandah this morning, didn't take much notice as the Pukeko use it as a promenade...........it persisted so I carefully stood up and peered out - a stoat - cripes !  Shifted along to the open window grabbing camera on the way.....it was still looking up to a glimpse of me, and at the whirr of the camera was gone. Now I know why for the last two weeks the rodent bait hasn't been touched.  We have some DOC stoat traps in the bay but this is obviously a bit of a clever cookie...on my verandah indeed ! Visible to the left is a pile of Pukeko poop (nice !)  - the white flecks in the concrete are shells - when the verandah was poured 90 years ago  the only transport in here was by sea or packhorse so beach gravel was used....the road finally came in 1967.