the Way of the Turtle

RACCOON RUMPUS
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Woke up at 3 AM to something rattling the squirrel corn cob bungee and sure enough, there was a raccoon out there when I turned on a light - actually, from the sounds there were several and I just saw the slowpoke.

Heard it rattling again around 5:30, when it was light enough to see, and found a whole family of raccoons. 4-5 youngsters and (a little bit later) an adult, presumably mom. The youngsters pulled the empty cob off the bungee, then continued to play with the hanging screw that holds the cob, as well as wrestling with each other and digging stuff up. Another one climbed the fence and worked at the corn cob mounted next to the squirrel feeder. They rattled around out there for a while before mom presumably indicated that it was time to go and took her group of ruffians off to get into trouble somewhere else.

Unfortunately I didn't have any of my cameras handy, and I didn't want to move too much and potentially scare them off, so no pictures 😞