Mom Coon and babies

SirArmstrongSirArmstrong Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
edited August 12, 2006 in Wildlife
Mom and three little ones came to visit on Sunday morning. They did not run away but watched me carefully and posed.

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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    Great pictures Steve.

    I like the 2nd the most. Very good composition and very sharp. Well done.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    Terrific shots, Steve. thumb.gif

    The second one is National Geographic material!

    When we were camping a few years back, I had one sitting next to me at the evening campfire like he was my pet. I wonder if the Oreos had something to do with that.rolleyes1.gif
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    SirArmstrong wrote:
    Mom and three little ones came to visit on Sunday morning. They did not run away but watched me carefully and posed.


    I've always wanted a Pet Racoon :D
    I love their faces, hey look so intelligent, like a little bandit ready to rob some place.

    Your Racoon family shots are gorgeous thumb.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • liquidsquidliquidsquid Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    Excellent! I like #3 the best, for me I want to see tot he right of #2 to see the whole coon.

    If I actually had a camera with Zoom, in June I saw mom coon up in a tree with 3 babies suckling in the crotch of a tree. It would have been a fantastic shot, but alas, I did not have the tools.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    Really excellent shots clap.gif of those rabies infested, garbage raiding, landscape destroying, bird nest raiding vermin. :rambo
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  • LCDLCD Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2006
    Great shots!! clap.gifclap.gif
  • SirArmstrongSirArmstrong Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Really excellent shots clap.gif of those rabies infested, garbage raiding, landscape destroying, bird nest raiding vermin. :rambo

    Haah, I agree, but they sure are cute! Thanks
    Steve

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  • SirArmstrongSirArmstrong Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2006
    Thanks all - A while back they were in our plumb tree in the evening (having their evening snack) and our dog was going nuts. I went out to investigate with my flashlight. Stuck my head in the tree and came face to face with a not-so-happy momma coon. She hissed and spit, and lets just say I backed off quickly.

    This time it was a more friendly encounter. Thanks for the comments, it was fun.
    Steve

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  • craftcraft Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2006
    What magical moments. The one with them all lined on the tree would make a great postcard or poster.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2006
    Fantastic photos ! thumb.gif
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  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2006
    AWWHhh very cute,NICE PICS !! baby racoons make great pets, until they hit maturity ...then they arent so nice ;)
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