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New Cute Addition to Maisonvogue's Raccoon Community

6/29/2016

New Cute Addition to Maisonvogue's Raccoon Community

I had a lovely surprise yesterday afternoon when one of our Resident Raccoons 'Daisy' bought her new baby to eat at our feeding bowls

I first saw them through the living room window ...there was this sweet super cute baby raccoon with it's Mum ...whom we named 'Daisy' several years ago ...she actually will come out of the woods if I call her by name

Daisy seems to have just the one baby this year ..last year she had 3 babies and the year before that she had 4 ...I am guessing she is just getting too old to produce many more

Not a traditional bird feeder but this colander is raccoon proof ..very important in our garden ...it is really for the birds and has black oiled sunflower seeds in it ..but whenever the raccoons can get some out of the feeders they do .
Here the baby has quickly learnt ...it was about 11.30am when Daisy and baby came to feed ..they are nocturnal so shouldn't be out at this time but I guessed that Daisy had a baby or two as she has been coming out near midday to feed for several weeks now ..she always does when she is feeding her babies ..I guess to get some food before all the other raccoons come to raid the feeders and eat the dry cat food I give them after dark ...

I decided to name the baby , no idea if it's a boy or girl , 'Blossom' ..Daisy was telling Blossom that it was time to go

So off Daisy and Blossom toddled ..they went towards a big terra-cotta drainage pipe where I have seen Daisy go before ...I can't think that she is living in it as the rain water gushes down through it when we have a storm and we have had storms daily for a few weeks now
Perhaps it's just where they go to hide on their way to their Den in our woods

Thanks for letting me share with you
My excitement at seeing another addition
To our Maisonvogue Raccoon family

Happy days

Janet

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The Raccoon's of Maisonvogue

5/21/2016

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The Raccoon's of Maisonvogue

HI ...Just thought I would pop in to share a sweet moment we had at Maisonvogue yesterday with the Raccoons who live here in our woods
This one is a very cheeky chappie as you see

We have a family of about 8 Raccoons who live in our woods here at Maisonvogue and they come out to feed in the daylight about 4pm most days and stay around all night on the front and back porches and in the garden

As you can see this one was raiding the bird feeders of it's black oiled sunflower seeds ....

We were sitting on the front porch having a cup of tea after a long, busy day and up he or she pops and not worrying at all about stealing the bird and squirrel food munches away ...with not a care in the world

I had some chicken eggs that were just about to be out of date, so I put them out in the garden and they open them very gently and drink the egg out of the shells

It's very cute to see them enjoying the eggs

I very rarely give them a left over treat but I like to mainly feed them dry dog food and of course they eat all the sunflower seeds for the birds every night

They have been with us ever since we arrived here 17 years ago ....and have increased in numbers and each year there are at least 4 new babies

If you would like to see more of the Raccoons there is a post of one of the Raccoons that brings her babies every year ..we have called her Daisy and she answers to her name ...you can find the post here
www.maisonvogue.net/home/raccoons-of-maisonvogue-daisys-three-musketeers-are-rapidly-growing-check-them-out

Even though we live and share the land with these incredibly beautiful animals we are very aware they are wild and we keep them wild ...
We would never dare to pat them and are very careful as to how close we get.
When I am putting feed in to the bowls and they start to approach and get too close I stamp my foot and scare them off ...as I want them to stay wild
They are very vicious to each other and will fight over a bowl of food wether it's their young babies or not hence all the bowls of food to help prevent that happening
They look very cute but they also have a terrible odor ...so lovely to watch...we feel very privileged that they trust us enough to come up on the front porch when we are there ...
It's a wonderful world

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New Cute Addition to Maisonvogue's Raccoon Community

New Cute Addition to Maisonvogue's Raccoon Community

The Raccoon's of Maisonvogue

The Raccoon's of Maisonvogue

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