stealing – Great Skies for Kites and Kayaks Everywhere https://gskke.com My WordPress Blog Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 193536033 Widey and Lasagna https://gskke.com/2022/01/23/widey-and-lasagna/ https://gskke.com/2022/01/23/widey-and-lasagna/#respond Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:47:55 +0000 https://gskke.com/?p=212 Continue reading 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.

 

 

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Bran Flakes https://gskke.com/2021/11/07/bran-flakes/ https://gskke.com/2021/11/07/bran-flakes/#respond Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:28:45 +0000 https://gskke.com/?p=72 Continue reading Bran Flakes]]> Today’s experiment is some leftover cereal no one wanted.  Hospitality 40% Bran Flakes.  (Just buy Raisin Bran next time.)  I have some expired eggs, so I put one in for good measure.

At least two raccoons are involved in this video.

The first enters and begins to eat the bran flakes.  This might be the mother, who then leaves in an attempt to draw way one of her kits.  The ruse has worked before.  A raccoon looks in the twice before entering and attempting to steal the bowl, which promptly spills.  The first raccoon (?) returns, sending the egg rolling across the floor.  The second raccoon quickly steals the bowl, spilling what’s left outside.

The first raccoon, not finding any cat food, checks the area and leaves.

A raccoon eats the bran flakes which spilled outside the garage.

A raccoon returns to eat more bran flakes inside the garage, leaving when another raccoon shows up to expertly retrieve the egg.

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Stealing Hot Dog https://gskke.com/2021/10/31/stealing-hot-dog/ https://gskke.com/2021/10/31/stealing-hot-dog/#respond Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:00:51 +0000 https://gskke.com/?p=25 Continue reading Stealing Hot Dog]]> I’ve tried to stop feeding raccoons, but sometimes I leave out leftovers. Here we have an uneaten hot dog my nephew got at a Halloween trunk-or-treat activity.

The first raccoon made off with the larger portion of the hot dog, while the second grabbed the empty dish.

Although the dish was discarded nearby, eight minutes passed before a raccoon came for the rest of the hot dog.

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