More Critters

Late one afternoon, mid-June, Joan called me out to the yew (Taxus cuspidata) next to our back deck. A soft mewling sound was emanating from the bush. It turned out to be another one of this year's young ones.

Apparently this baby raccoon had become separated from Mom. It preferred the concealment of the yew and withdrew deeper if we came too close. Our neighbor, Laura, reported seeing it the next morning, but we haven't been visited again. Our young mischief maker (for that is what they are) is out there somewhere paddling in the ocean of all possibilities.