Outdoor Ontario

Photography => Wildlife => Topic started by: Ed O'Connor on February 09, 2019, 10:06:14 AM

Title: Raccoon
Post by: Ed O'Connor on February 09, 2019, 10:06:14 AM

Saw this slightly bedraggled raccoon in the Baselands area of the Leslie Street Spit last week.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4816/46085158785_7de6013b6d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ddou8c)Raccoon (https://flic.kr/p/2ddou8c) by Edward O'Connor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152894743@N08/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Raccoon
Post by: Axeman on February 12, 2019, 11:56:23 AM

"I can't sleep"

Title: Re: Raccoon
Post by: Ed O'Connor on February 14, 2019, 11:10:31 AM

Hah! Yes, it was broad daylight, so he should have been snoozing. After taking the photograph, I moved on, and the raccoon followed me for some distance. I started to wonder if he may have been someone's pet that they grew tired of and abandoned on the Spit.

Title: Re: Raccoon
Post by: Axeman on February 14, 2019, 05:47:05 PM

Pet raccoons were a phenomenon in Japan after the release of the cartoon version of "Rascal". There were no wild raccoons in Japan. That has changed.