i tried to get one in stanley park the other day..but he ducked out before i could shoot the pic.

I can honestly say I’ve never seen one swimming like the one in the pic above. cool photo.

This… is delightful. Thanks.

A family (or nursery–thanks Nikki Reimer!) of raccoons lives in a shed behind my building, and as I live in a “garden suite,” I see them all the damn time, coming over to tease my cat and try to steal my hot dogs.

As someone noted in your post, raccoons think they are above the law. It’s the outfits, you know?

i caught 5 raccoons trying to jump my cat once… she looked terrified… another time there was one sitting on the back of my car, and he would not get off… I eventually drove away and he fell off…

I live in Coal Harbour on a very busy main street and was shocked a couple of weeks back when an enterprising raccoon took advantage of a nearby tree and my open livingroom window to take refuge from a rainstorm. You wouldn’t expect to have such a close encounter with a wild animal in the middle of one of the most densely populated urban areas in North America but wonders never cease. He seemed more annoyed that I asked (screamed!) for him to leave than actually afraid of me!

@Janine Prevost, love that sequence. I’ve been researching crows lately, and one book says that it’s quite common for raccoons to climb up into a crow’s nest, eat the eggs, and then take a nap in the nest! Buggers! I love them ‘cuz they’re scoundrels.

Witnessed a whole family of Raccoons strolling along the top of my fence last year, two big ones and two kittens. Cute as hell, I love having these neighbors, it’s one of the things that makes Vancouver great.