It’s been cold, so the water I put in a dish by the fence has mostly frozen. We’ll call the raccoon in this video Target, because of the nicely even rings at the end of its tail, but I’m not positive this is the only raccoon with that design on its tail. Anyway, Target starts by drinking a small pool of water on the low end of the dish.
Using its paws, Target removes the block of ice from the dish and drinks the bit of water trapped underneath.
Once the water is gone, Target picks up the block of ice with both paws for a moment and licks it.
Then Target wanders off.