As the Garden Grows

What's blooming today?

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Archives
  • Links
  • About
  • Join GTS Meme
  • Guest Blogger
  • Contact

Raccoons in love?

by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

Aw, don’t they make a cute couple?

raccoons in love

I don’t know if this is just a hug, play or something else (maybe peekaboo since one has it’s paws over the others eyes?).

I certainly hope that they aren’t getting ready to make more raccoon babies!

Now that the weather has warmed up here in Toronto (the snows actually melting and it’s been raining a LOT) we’ve been seeing raccoons almost daily! One seems to like our driveway. I guess I’ll have to walk the dog in the driveway a few times during the day to get her scent there in the hopes that it will scare the raccoon away.

If it’s warmer in your area, have you been seeing more wildlife lately?






Filed Under: pests, Pets and Wildlife, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: babies, melting, raccoons, rain, snow, warmer, weather, Wild, wildlife, wordlesswednesday, WW

Comments

  1. phylameana says

    February 11, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Definitely cute! Choice pic as we look forward the romance of Valentine Day.

  2. Celeste says

    February 11, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Awww. The one laying back is a young coon. Greta WW

  3. BK says

    February 12, 2009 at 4:10 am

    What a perfect shot to share especially with Valentines’ Day coming up. 🙂

  4. Sinclair says

    February 12, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    So cute!! Hard to believe those cute little creatures can be sooooo pesky! I haven’t seen any yet, but last year we had a fox mama have her litter under our front deck. Wondering if they will be back this year…

  5. lisa winter says

    February 13, 2009 at 12:24 am

    this sure is a cute picture. and i think raccoons are cute. however, i had to stop one yesterday that was dragging one of my chickens over a 6 ft fence. that was not so cute.

  6. Lily says

    February 13, 2009 at 8:09 am

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

  7. Shady Gardener says

    February 13, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    Very cute picture!! 🙂

  8. Mark Daymond says

    February 14, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Very cute! They must have been practising for Valentines Day!

  9. James Mann says

    February 15, 2009 at 5:13 am

    Aren’t they just the cutest couple. You can be sure that it means more raccoon babies, I can see it in their eyes.

    I hear Toronto has a huge population of raccoons running around the neighbourhoods. We don’t see any here in Moncton, or I haven’t seen any and I have been here about 30 years now. But then 30 years ago when I lived in Scarborough I never saw raccoons eithers, so perhaps it’s just me. 🙂

  10. Shady Gardener says

    February 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    I’ve just posted my GTS post. 🙂 How are things going your way??

  11. Kim says

    February 16, 2009 at 1:02 am

    Out here in Northern California, we have raccoons year round. We have to be real careful to lock up the chicken at nigh to keep them from becoming raccoon food. We had one in our garbage cans the other night. They’re cute, but they can sure be pests.

  12. Bradford Gardener says

    February 17, 2009 at 7:12 am

    Awww, now don’t they just make a lovely couple. Wish we had more wildlife like that here – I think we killed and ate all ours or just hunted it to extinction for the sake of it here in the UK.


Subscribe


Never miss a post
Subscribe to our RSS feed!
It's FREE! rss feed

Free Newsletter

As the Garden Grows
by Email - FREE!



Follow me on Twitter!

Suggested Sites

Eavestrough Cleaning Toronto

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Top Three Tips For Choosing The Right Patio Furniture For Your Home
  • The 4 Things To Know About Perennial Garden Design
  • Painful Plants: Five Houseplants That Can Cause Injury
  • An Outbreak Shouldn’t Mean A Break Out: 3 Insect Repellants Gentle Enough For Your Skin
  • 5 Ideas To Make Your Garden POP
  • 6 Simple Ways To Make Your Home Eco-Friendly
  • How To Redesign Your Garden To Make It Safe For Your Children
  • Starting A Career As A Professional Gardener
  • 6 Time Saving Tips For Gardening
  • Top Tips On Redesigning Your Garden For The Summer

What they’re Saying

  • Rodhe Stevens on Landscaping Tips On A Limited Budget
  • Edmund Wells on Benefits of using mulch on the garden
  • Surjith on An Outbreak Shouldn’t Mean A Break Out: 3 Insect Repellants Gentle Enough For Your Skin
  • Pamela on The 4 Things To Know About Perennial Garden Design
  • dog on The quality of your pet food is important

Pages

  • About
  • Archives
  • Become a Guest Blogger For As the Garden Grows
  • Blog
  • Categories
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Do Follow Bloggers Blogroll
  • Green Thumb Sunday
  • I am Canadian Blogroll
  • Join GTS Meme
  • Links
  • Privacy Policy
  • Q & A
  • Toronto Bloggers Blogroll
  • What’s Growing

Search

My Garden

Member of
Garden Voices

Tags

backyard Beautiful bloom blooming blooms Bulbs cold Entertainment and Rec flower flowers garden garden bed garden beds gardener gardening green Green Thumb Green Thumb Sunday grow growing GTS home Home and Lifestyle House In The Garden leaves my garden photo photos plant plants purchase rain rose roses Shopping snow spring summer Toronto water weather winter Wordless Wednesday WW

Site Ratings


Visitors since 2006


Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Connect with me

  • Facebook
  • Google Plus
  • Pintrest
  • Twitter
  • RSS

Copyright © 2025 · News Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in