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Baby chucks discover the deck. And the cat…

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It was only a matter of time before I heard scampering on the deck.

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And once baby chuckies find the deck?

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They’re hooked and treat it like a playground.

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It’s adorable.

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They run and spin like whirling dervishes.

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In and out of the railings, under the grill.

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Until…

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They spot a cat.

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And have to investigate.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was riveted.

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When the kids get on your last nerve.

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Momma woodchuck has four children this year, and they’re keeping her busy.

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Like any overworked mother, there are days when she just needs a break.

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Times when she wants to ditch the kids who hound her and follow her everywhere she goes.

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On those days?

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She just has to climb a tree.

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Didn’t think woodchucks climbed trees?

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Beleaguered mothers do.

😉

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Interspecies meeting.

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We have visiting raccoons in the backyard.

The raccoons attempt to drink from our birdbath but can’t always stretch far enough to make that work.

So along with their food, I put out a pan of water last night.

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To which the raccoon didn’t pay the slightest bit of attention.

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At one point he practically sat in it, but wouldn’t drink.

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Enter a baby woodchuck.

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The raccoon is three times as big, but was terrified of the little chucker.

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And when baby made a mad dash for food, the raccoon startled… banging into the pan, spraying water over them both.

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That sent baby chucker back to the shed….

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And made the raccoon realize what the pan was for.

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First sighting.

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I had a feeling there were baby woodchucks under our barn… and the other day?

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Momma brought one to the buffet.

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An average litter is four, sometimes she has five..

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But there always seems to be one brave little scamper who ventures out first.

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This little guy showed up for carrots by himself yesterday.

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But he doesn’t quite have the standing up/balancing thing under control yet.

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Watch the clip until the end.

🤣

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Raccoons, fungus and hoppity hops.

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Does anyone else remember these?

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We had a slight hill in our backyard when I was growing up and bouncing up and down it on these bad bears was one of my favorite things in the world.

Simple pleasure, simple toy … no computer, keyboard or screen needed.

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I watch The Last of Us.

Sorry Oregon. You had a good run.

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A few raccoon photos.

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Just because they’re cute.

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And abundant lately.

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😊

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At this point I think Keith could survive a nuclear blast and the radiated winter that follows.

Like cockroaches, but more fun.

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