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Along with all our other wild visitors we have raccoons, but since they arrive at night I’m rarely able to photograph them.
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Until the other evening when a pair showed up before sunset.
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They really are characters.
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Such expressive faces…
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And those dexterous little paws!
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These little fatties shimmy right up the center pole, knock the suet cages to the ground then empty them at their leisure. Those paws can open anything.
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I was hoping they’d do it while I was filming but no such luck. Seeing their big butts hanging upside down eating the orioles grape jelly is a riot.
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River's world..... 
Word has spread far and wide about River’s Buffet. Pretty soon you will have ostriches, gazelles and snow leopards in your backyard…
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Now that would be blog worthy.
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They are fun to watch. Keep it up, you might get some bunnies at some point.
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I know people have them up north, but no sightings here yet.
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Word will spread.
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From your lips to their large floppy ears…
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Always enjoy watching the wildlife! Our raccoons are pretty bold–they went nose-to-nose through the window with our 90 pound Dane/ lab mix. On the other hand, our 13 pound Bossy Cat chases and trees them, so maybe some of them are not so bold.
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Ours are timid. But then we have a large expanse of open back lawn before they can reach the woods …
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We allegedly have raccoons around, but I have yet to ever see one in our yard. Maybe that’s a good thing considering the trouble I’ve had just keeping squirrels away from the bird feeders.
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It’s rare to see ours when it’s still light. They’re nocturnal critters.
And stop fighting the squirrels. Just give them a peanut feeder and/or a corn cob feeder and embrace the backyard wildlife.
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They get enough of the seed that spills out of our multiple feeders!
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Because you don’t give them peanuts and corn….
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Unpopular opinion, I love raccoons. I know they’re little bandits, but what’s so bad about that? 😅 These guys have not missed a meal!
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I love them too. We’ve never had any trouble with ours. And really, they like Oreos. How bad can they be…
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