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Nicky & her 4 Racoon babies 2nd July 2016

Meet "Nicky" and her babies.

This female has been coming early in daylight to feed for the past 4 weeks. I have been filming her from my bedroom window as she comes to the feeding station I have for the wildlife . I was sure she was coming in the day time because she was a Mum nursing kits and this meant daylight was safer for her to leave the den.

Late this afternoon she came for the first time with her babies.. 4 of them !!!!

She is a "tough love" Mum... be she has to be if she wants to raise 4 lively kits to be young adults. She isnt selfish with the food .... she has instinct.... Babies arent eating that right now think they are still on milk .They scrabble in the grass for things.. but I think its only just learning stuff. I am glad they dont eat the put out food yet.. they need to learn "real food".

Today they learned to climb and play Hide & Seek and how to knock the water over... soon they will be climbing the trees !

Doubtless there will be many more visits... and I have twins and triplets from last year that come some evenings.

The Video isnt great quality but its the best I can do shooting through glass.


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William Sutherland said:

Wonderful video!

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8 years ago

Pam J replied to William Sutherland:

Thankyou William !
8 years ago

Jan said:

That's amazing! They are thankful for your kindness and she knows you are there but she is allowing you to monitor them! Lovely !
8 years ago

Pam J replied to Jan:

Thankyou Jan !

I purposely dont try to be a "taming" influence . They are wary which is what keeps them alive. But... I am allowed a few more liberties than others would be...
8 years ago

RHH said:

Great video, Pam. We had a a baby racoon when we were kids - the mother was killed by a car - but when it got older it got very mean and we let it go in the woods.
8 years ago

Don Sutherland said:

Very cute. Great video.
8 years ago ( translate )

ROL/Photo said:

Ohhhhhh ta vidéo est superbe .. merci pour ce beau partage Pam
te souhaite un bon dimanche
et merci pour tes visites
8 years ago ( translate )

Edward Bowthorpe said:

A fantastic video dear Pam,eddie,xxx
8 years ago ( translate )

HappySnapper said:

What a pleasure to see Pam, you are so fortunate to have the variety of wildlife you care about so much. Thanks for sharing.
8 years ago

Jenny McIntyre said:

Oh wow what a fantastic video Pam, you are so lucky to be able to watch wildlife in your garden. The mother is a hard love mum as you say, poor little things got nasty nips.
8 years ago

Polyrus said:

This is a treat to see! Thank you!
8 years ago

Dick M said:

You are having too much fun!
8 years ago

Esther said:

That's a wonderful video.

I noticed that we now have skunks in the neighborhood. I'm not putting out food for them.
8 years ago

Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿ said:

How interesting, Pam !
They are so beautiful and funny !
Have a nice new week, dear friend.
8 years ago

Marie-claire Gallet said:

How cute, Pam *****************************
8 years ago