Well, the racoon finally showed himself... it turns out he wasn't shy at all, just wanted to appear on the scene in style. The first night he showed up we could see his little head poking up from under the porch steps... he evaluated the danger of the strange-looking animals behind the glass and decided the cat food was worth the risk. He kept a wary eye on us at first, but soon was quite ok with us hovering around the glass a foot away from him. He even started posing for the cameras!
Since that first night he has come back a few times (though we stopped putting the cat food out). We will usually be watching a movie and he will come right up to the glass and beg (lying on his tummy and using the ol' puppy dog eye trick) or dance (if Amanda goes to the glass he comes right up to her and goes on his hind legs) or just watch us and wonder what strange creatures live in the funny box behind the glass.
'Coons are so cute... but they can be aggressive. I hope you stay behind the glass! :)
ReplyDeleteSo fun to see some Pacific NW animals - and on our back porch at that!
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