Chickadee Photo Art

Urban Wildlife – Raccoon

// June 17th, 2010 // Mammals

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Sometimes we need to learn to share our space with “masked bandits” that roam the nights – the good kind that is.  In this case, a very plump raccoon!  I was out filling up bird feeders late at night and thought I passed something in the fern patch but thought, no – just my imagination.  Well I was not imagining things when this night visitor sat squarely on my sidewalk blocking my path  to the backyard.  Eventually he wandered into the backyard to get some peanuts that I had put out for the jays and ate some raspberries left on the bushes.  I watched him/her roam around checking everything out. They are so curious, unafraid and did not appear threatened by me.  Having said that, I did keep my distance.  I was more worried about the feral cats that are around fearing a fight but that did not happen either.  I watched one of the cats and the raccoon follow each other around the yard neither of which seemed bothered by the other.  In the following photo you can see the orange tabby cat beside the raccoon.  I wonder what else happens during the night hours when we are sleeping?

The photo below from a previous year – again at night but this time crawled up a tree and watched me from the neighbours roof.

Enjoy!

~Sharon