Friday, August 19, 2011

FRIDAY FENCE POST #80: Raccoon Highway

It's been a Long time since I did a Friday Fence Post, and this one is kind of a cheater. It has a fence, the one right outside our bedroom window, but I'm reasonably certain that isn't what will get your attention. I was sitting near the window when I caught movement out of the corner of my eye....



Isn't it beautiful? I got quite close to it, even closer than these photos. The fence is only about six feet from the wall, and our not-so-little friend here was at eye level. It was only when I opened the window to get a better shot that s/he backed up, away from me. I thought to myself, when it did that, Huh. Apparently, this raccoon understands the difference between an open and a shut window. Now isn't that interesting?

I wonder how often raccoons use the top of our fence as their highway....

3 comments:

Memories for Life said...

I love raccoons :) We have one that visits us and eats our cat food...LOL!

AWJ said...

Oh, I'll bet they use it a lot more than you know! He is a cutie...

George said...

I saw a raccoon in our yard with babies. It was watching me. My cat walked right up to it and sniffed its nose. I thought I was going to lose a cat, but the raccoon ignored it. I was amazed. Lucky me :)