{"id":166,"date":"2006-11-07T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/11\/07\/family-of-raccoons\/"},"modified":"2010-09-25T22:45:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T02:45:52","slug":"family-of-raccoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/11\/07\/family-of-raccoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of raccoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I was just sitting in my living room and I saw the sensor light in our driveway go on. It does this from time to time and occasionally when I check I&#8217;ll see an animal but often I can&#8217;t find whatever triggered the light.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>Not this time! I looked out the side window just in time to see a bushy tail pass by, so I moved to the kitchen at the back of the house and as they triggered the light in the back I was able to see two big raccoons followed by three smaller coons. The small raccoons weren&#8217;t babies, perhaps they were young adults in their first year. 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