New Residents at the House

As you all know we have raccoons that visit us. Sometimes they come regularly and sometimes they are ones we have never seen before. Every year we seem to get the same couple raising their young somewhere nearby. During the past couple of weeks we have had a new female visiting raising three babies. She is very friendly and each evening around dusk she comes to eat. At first the babies stayed up in the trees but now they are all coming to the bowls when she thinks it is safe. They are soooooooo cute.

Here is the last little one climbing down the tree for dinner. They look so funny climbing down head first. I didn't know they were such good climbers.

Finally we figured out where they are living. One of our trees on the north side of the house is perfect. About 20 feet up where the branches grow thickest they have found the perfect place to sleep the day away. I don't think that the mama gave birth up there but now that the babies are big enough to climb it is a safe place away from the coyotes during the day.