Raccoon At Our Feeder
©Bert Gildart: We were absolutely amazed late yesterday afternoon when a rather large raccoon shinnied up the Douglas fir tree that leads to our porch — and sometimes to our bird feeder.
It was broad daylight, the TV news was blaring through the screen door, and we had just taken down the feeder because we know that at night, if we leave it out, our friendly masked bandit will pounce at the opportunity and possibly do irreparable damage.
Raccoon at our feeder in broad daylight
We watched the coon for a few minutes as it searched the porch, then tapped against the window. Casually, it looked up, munched a few of the seeds finches, chickadees and grosbeaks had spilled onto the deck, and then slowed padded off.
So now we know our raccoon is still lurking around, and if we leave for the day, we need to bring the feeder inside.
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THIS TIME LAST YEAR:
*Biking to Glacier’s Logan Pass
4th ed. Autographed by the Authors
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