This little raccoon comes by quite often for a drink from our bird baths. He and his family pretty much drain them each night, as well as leave their sandy paw prints along the rim of the bird bath. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
This photograph is a little unusual in that he was getting his drink about 6:30 am when it is already light outside, and not in the middle of the night when he usually comes. Raccoons are usually nocturnal animals.
Cute little guy, don’t you think?
Such an expressive face!
Brings back memories: Years ago, I taught the novel RASCAL, a story about a boy and his very smart pet raccoon.
We had rescued babies after their mother had been killed by a car several years ago when we were kids on Cape Cod. (’50s-’60s) My mother fed them bread dipped in raw eggs, milk, and blueberries. When they got bigger we would catch polliwogs from the nearby pond and put them in a pan for them to eat. I loved watching them wash their food before they ate. So sweet. They left on their own in the fall.