Tree Rats Monkeying Around

Raccoon in the Rain

This isn't that great of a shot, but I thought the effect the rain made is kind of neat.

Does Pass up Apples

This is Wounded Knee and her daughter. I wonder why they don't eat the apples. Wounded Knee is also recognizable by the strange pattern on her neck.

Does a Wild Deer Poop in the Woods?

Return of Knock Kneed Buck!

This buck (if you zoom in, you can see his family jewels) didn't pass up the apples like the does did. He appears to have knock knees. I wonder if he is the same buck I saw another year. I felt sorry for him back then because he seemed lame the way his legs bent funny, but I'm glad to see he's still around! (if it's the same guy). I wonder if he is courting Wounded Knee Doe. Seems they are a pair with their knee problems.

Mamma Doe nuzzles Daughter

Buck Returns the Next Night for Apples

Fox Sighting!

This morning while eating my breakfast, a fox came quickly running along the house. I got the feeling it was the itchy tailed fox. He then turned and ran into the neighbor's tarp covered woodpile. He was in there long enough to scent mark it (although I couldn't see him inside) and then he ran off into the woods. (Incidentally, I actually had a dream beforehand about a fox climbing trees to have tea with its friends. ?!)

Hawk Sighting

On Saturday, a sharp-shinned hawk hung out on a tree above the pond for a while. He was mostly gray with a striped tail, a streaky breast, and a small head. He almost looked like a parrot as far as size goes, but his eyes and beak were hawk-like. The other hawks we have seen have been larger.
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Fox Poses for the Camera

Two Raccoons (Friends or Foes?)

The one on the left has its mouth open, like maybe it doesn't like the raccoon on the right, whose head is in a more submissive position. Or, maybe the one with its mouth open is just eating, and the other one has its head down looking for food, so maybe they aren't unfriendly?

Looking for Food

I think the raccoons were upset I didn't set food out for them this time. They keep looking for food where I usually put it.