First raccoon sighting

Lununburg, Nova Scotia 2016 and the beginning of my love affair with raccoons!! Louise @weezilou puts food out for the racoons at night and when we heard a noise outside the kitchen window I peeped out and this is what I saw. Oh my goodness what a gorgeous face and watching him eat using his little "fingers" was amazing. I know some people regard racoons as pests but I fell in love with them.

It was funny as I wanted to bring back home a soft toy raccoon but we couldn't find one anywhere. A bear, a moose and eagle but no racoons. People were asking why I wanted such a pest!! LOL!!

[Pam Knowler]

@weezilou Louise - such wonderful memories!!

[Kathy A]

Goodness, such a sweet face!

[Lou Ann]

Awww so sweet and so fun!

[Casablanca]

How cool is that!

[Daryl O'Hare]

Having had critters in my attic, I never willingly feed them, but I enjoy seeing them out and about on rare occasions!

[Diana]

How wonderful, they are such gorgeous critters.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture.

[Ricksnap]

Great shot of this attractive fellow

[gloria jones]

Super capture

[LucyDolittle]

He is such a beautiful boy. Love him

[carol white]

A super capture.Fav🙂

[Pat Knowles]

Lovely story Pam...he has rather a cute face!

[Jan Hall]

I know they can cause all sorts of problems, but aren't they cute?! Lovely shot.

[Joan Robillard]

Neat catch

[sarah]

he does look sweet

[Faye Turner]

They do have a sweet face

[John Falconer]

I’ve never seen one in my visits to North America. They are certainly cute and this is a great shot.

[*lynn]

Love this! We had pet raccoons when my kids were young.

[Louise & Ken]

oooh, I love this picture! It's been so long since I checked in here, I was a bit confused as to "when I posted this" and why there were January 4th date stamps... When we finally can return to Lunenburg, I wonder how long it will take the raccoons to find us again...