While taking a break this afternoon I suddenly noticed motion in the white pine above our bird feeders. Apparently after last night’s big rain and thunderstorm a local raccoon family decided to look for better accommodations. Our white pine has one section that is hollow. It was fun watching the family move in, but they may have a rude awakening tonight. Both raccoons and owls are nocturnal, and my Great Horned Owl family of five hunts in my yard every night starting at 10 pm.
While Hoot may be to small and inexperienced yet to catch a raccoon, either parent owl would find catching a raccoon, particularly the babies not much of a problem. It will be interesting to see what evolves. There are definitely more than two raccoons in the tree (two seen in the video).
Raccoons move In to hollow White Pine
Count the noses! (I do not know the total count is of raccoons)
Raccoon Movie-In … the Movie (link for email subscribers)
I was a much bigger fan of raccoons until they started ravaging our numerous bird feeders. They especially like to know the hummingbird feeder of the shepard hook and drain the sweetened water from the feeder.
this is amazing. looks like a mom and baby(babies). wow and yikes
Yup! That’s what you are looking at. This may be a family blog, but it still shows nature in its true light.