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27 January 202226 January 2022

Licking Ice

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.

26 January 202226 January 2022

Quick Escape

A raccoon fled as someone entered the garage and pressed the button to open the garage door. The raccoon jumps through the cat door even as it starts to rise.

23 January 202223 January 2022

Widey and Lasagna

We had a frozen lasagna from Costco for dinner. Since the pan it came is is too wide for the cat door in the garage, I decided to see what the raccoons would do with it.

After spying the lasagna pan, Widey checks the surroundings outside three times before venturing into the garage.

Unfortunately we don’t have sound, but we can assume the initial failure to get the pan through the small door was fairly loud. Widey returns several times over the next 20 minutes to lick the pan clean while only coming partway through the door.

Rosie, our cat, even gives the lasagna a try, but it doesn’t seem to be to her liking.

With the pan finally moved away from the door, Widey re-enters the garage and tries to away from the opening. The nearby car, however, doesn’t co-operate.

Widey finally decides on a brute force attack.

Never underestimate a determined raccoon!

Five minutes later, Widey was behind the neighbor’s shed, without the lasagna pan.

22 January 202222 January 2022

Bratwurst

My son didn’t like his bratwurst, so I left a vote out for the raccoons. Widey showed up to claim the prize.

14 January 202226 January 2022

Side View of Widey’s Tail

In this video, we get a good side view of Widey’s tail, which ends abruptly after a black stripe without tapering to a point.

Widey digs in a hole began earlier by another raccoon.

And here’s another video of Widey near the sheds. You can see the tail ends very flat.

13 January 202212 January 2022

Under and Over

This black and white cat went under the fence into our yard . . .

. . . and, two minutes later, over the fence from our neighbor’s yard back into the field.

12 January 202212 January 2022

Digging for Bugs

A raccoon comes under the fence from the field and digs for bugs in the dirt. Standing on hind legs, it views something in the distance, then two other raccoons come and pass under the fence into the field.

11 January 202211 January 2022

Where Did All the Water Go?

Now that most of the snow has melted and temperatures are above freezing, I put some water behind our playhouse, where the raccoons like to pass under the fence.

After washing its hands, one raccoon tries to steal the dish, then wonders what happened to all the water.

4 January 20224 January 2022

Deer at Fence

With the raccoons staying in their dens because of the snow, our next sighting is a deer on the other side of the fence.

21 December 202121 December 2021

Indecisive Cal

Cal climbs the tree from the field, then hesitates at the top of the fence. Like the raccoons, he probably wanted to use the tires leaning against the fence to help on the way down. Snow covering everything apparently made him re-think his destination.

After surveying his options, Cal returns to the field.