Loosing Tails

Baby raccoons are unbearably cute. Sadly, they grow up and start to fight.  I’ve seen one or possibly two raccoons whom I named “Stu,” for its short stubby tail.  At first I thought it must be a birth defect, but apparently they lose their tails in fights with other raccoons.  In the following videos we see… Continue reading Loosing Tails

Widey vs Target and Pippen

I often see racoons traveling in pairs, but that doesn’t mean they’re working cooperatively.  Sometimes one raccoon follows another in hopes of getting some of the leftovers. Widey carefully comes up the garage steps, where Pippen, a 15-pound stray cat who adopted us, is eating a handful of cat food in a metal dish.  Pippen… Continue reading Widey vs Target and Pippen

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.

Stu and Widey

Stu climbs the fence from the field, followed by Widey. The stay only three minutes by the shed, the return to the field. Stu was a nursing mother in the spring, so Widey must be one of her kits.