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A son, 1 of 5 baby raccoons that I haven't seen in about a month.

Anyhow, I saw the momma coon & babies in the small dogwood right out front, & they were trying to empty my bird feeder which was already emptied by Squirmils(the gray squirrel) earlier in the day. I stood at the door with the flood lights on watching and laughing at the 6 coons' antics. Eventually, the heard or saw me and scattered. One baby went up the tree, Momma frantically jumped to the ground & ran off leaving her babies behind, and this little Boy had jumped onto the feeder and then just flip-flopped all over it, trying to cling to it when he finally found himself hanging from the bottom of it. It was sooooo funny to watch. After a minute or so, I realized he was kind of 'stuck' there slowly spinning, not knowing what to do with himself! (the feeder is only 10" across the widest point, and is only about 8" - 10" from the tree) He could have let go & landed on the soft earth below the feeder, (or grabbed the tree trunk not 6" from him) & the fall is only about 3.5 feet down from his back, so he wouldn't have been hurt if he fell. lol But instead, he just hung there... grunting. I finally decided that since he wasn't going anywhere & Momma was no where to be seen, I grabbed the camera & the regular lens & went outside & began to pop off as many pix as I could. When I realized he was REALLY 'stuck' there, I moved in closer & got about 18" away from him. (I didn't wanna seem like a good escape rout & allow him to reach out for me in panic... ) But I still managed to get several great pix!!! This is probably my favorite.

After washing up & brushing my teeth for the night, I went back to the front door & found that Boy-coon had managed to get back onto the tree & had scampered up the tree with one of his siblings. Still, Momma and the 3 other babies were no where to be seen, so I got 2 more pix of him & his sibling in the tree. I may post them at a later time.

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A son, 1 of 5 baby raccoons that I haven't seen in about a month.

Anyhow, I saw the momma coon & babies in the small dogwood right out front, & they were trying to empty my bird feeder which was already emptied by Squirmils(the gray squirrel) earlier in the day. I stood at the door with the flood lights on watching and laughing at the 6 coons' antics. Eventually, the heard or saw me and scattered. One baby went up the tree, Momma frantically jumped to the ground & ran off leaving her babies behind, and this little Boy had jumped onto the feeder and then just flip-flopped all over it, trying to cling to it when he finally found himself hanging from the bottom of it. It was sooooo funny to watch. After a minute or so, I realized he was kind of 'stuck' there slowly spinning, not knowing what to do with himself! (the feeder is only 10" across the widest point, and is only about 8" - 10" from the tree) He could have let go & landed on the soft earth below the feeder, (or grabbed the tree trunk not 6" from him) & the fall is only about 3.5 feet down from his back, so he wouldn't have been hurt if he fell. lol But instead, he just hung there... grunting. I finally decided that since he wasn't going anywhere & Momma was no where to be seen, I grabbed the camera & the regular lens & went outside & began to pop off as many pix as I could. When I realized he was REALLY 'stuck' there, I moved in closer & got about 18" away from him. (I didn't wanna seem like a good escape rout & allow him to reach out for me in panic... ) But I still managed to get several great pix!!! This is probably my favorite.

After washing up & brushing my teeth for the night, I went back to the front door & found that Boy-coon had managed to get back onto the tree & had scampered up the tree with one of his siblings. Still, Momma and the 3 other babies were no where to be seen, so I got 2 more pix of him & his sibling in the tree. I may post them at a later time.