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Author Message   Marciam  My Favorite Photo Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 01:41 pm EST :    The masked bandit strikes again...raccoons often visit our bird feeders after dark. I don't begrudge them the meal, even when they sometimes use our porch for a bathroom after they eat. Marcia, Pennsylvania Zone 5   Kniphofia  Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 03:40 pm EST :    This is so familiar! The other night I forgot to bring in my plastic bird feeder and the racoons destroyed it. Like you I don't begrudge them though, they're so cute. Great photo! I love the expression on his face. Sue Central Maine Zone 4   Susanq  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 05:28 pm EST :    That a great photo of the masked bandit! SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin   Sheba  My Weather Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 07:26 pm EST :    I love the look on his/her face! Cute! Sheba - Indiana - Z5   Janet43945  My Weather Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:09 pm EST :    Love the picture. I have them on my porch also,they are so cute,I feed them cat food. Janet Ohio Zone 5   Carolyn  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:21 pm EST :    Oh Marcia - what an adorable little fellow. Will he let you hold him? Such a precious little face. CarolynQldAust   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 04:00 pm EST :    Cute yes, but very nasty if crossed! The neighbour's dog had a run-in with a 40lb coon who was trying to get into the chicken barn. The dog with the farmer had to destroy the raccoon, and then the dog had to be treated for serious wounds by the vet. One needs to be careful of rabies in raccoons as well. It has recently crossed the border from the US. Coons drink at our creek and produce offspring in our barn. They also destroy the shingles on our roof, trying to enter the house for the winter. We once had a set of 5 babies removed from an interior wall. Also they eat fish and turtle babies. Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Pixc  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 05:07 am EST :    Ah-ha! Caught in the act! Quite the photo! lol! The raccoons around hardly ever come up to the house and stay back deep in the woods. With the big pond back there they find enough to eat there I guess...which is a good thing. 8-) Carol Ont. Canada Z5b   Duckwatcher  Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 04:52 pm EST :    LOve the shot! This also shows why wood poles are very very bad for bird houses, since Raccoons love bird eggs. DuckWatcher, NCa z9b

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