On 17 Aug 2003 04:28:45 GMT, (Nanceemo) wrote:

Raccoons kept raiding and breaking a birdfeeder in a tree just off my deck, and
DH started shooting them. I took my feeders down ... not fair to lure them in
and kill them, to my thinking. In time, I put them back up, and didn't have
the problem so much. One evening I looked out and a raccoon was lying on the
ground, one foot propping up it's head, eating one sunflower seed after
another. I have a picture, I'm not making it up, I swear.

And then, like you, one day mom and five little 'uns came around the side of
the garage and walked down the driveway and into the woods. : ) It was about
a 200 ft. stroll, so I got to watch for some time. Didn't have a pond at the
time, and no garden, so I loved seeing them. Big eyes at night shining in the
flashlight ... I loved it!

I sincerely hope i will have that pleasure some day.