Been outside for half an hour or so. We have 27° C. Now I'm back in on the other side of the house, where it is a lot cooler. And that feels and is much better for me.

I am trying something new to prevent the #squirrels from eating up all the #birdfood - #sunflower #seeds that is. If you let them they will empty the #feeder in a few hours. At times we have 3 or 4 of them in our kitchengarden.

And at night we have even more visitors: roe #deer and #racoons, which are really a pest and a threat for every living being in our garden and forest...

I digress... I am not using a thin stand as before but hung up the feeder. As t is fairly close to the wall I twisted a thorny twig around the wire to keep the squirrels from climbing to the feeder. Hah!

But they will try for sure.
We shall see if that works. 🙂

One of the trash pandas that lives on the block has been ravaging our garbage cans and does not seem to be particulary afraid of humans. Today, he found a container of well expired pine nuts and had a bit of a feast.

#chicago #racoons #urbanwild

Good morning Mastodon! Hope your Wednesday starts well.

While reviewing trail camera footage I found two racoons having a disagreement on the log. If you listen to the audio you can hear them chitter.

Have a good day! Take it easy if you can.🙂

#nature #wildlife #racoons

First Detection of Raccoon Roundworm Eggs in a Domestic Dog

#LosAngelesCounty #PublicHealth #Dogs #Racoons

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CALACOUNTY/bulletins/404d71e

Sometimes ya just gotta let loose!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/drunk-raccoon-virginia-liquor-store
#nature #wildlife #racoons #drinking

The German Wikipedia articles on racoons has an newly updated map of racoon sightings. It doesn't surprise me that they're considered frequent where I live: in the last two years I've encountered racoons three times.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waschb%C3%A4r
#racoons #Germany #wildlife