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solarbirdI finally got a picture of one of those raccoons.
I went outside to go take some pictures of the Tektronics workstation I'm trying to get rid of (want it? eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2046715775 - I don't expect any bids and am hoping somebody local pays a dollar for it at the last minute so they can come pick it up) and wow! there were two raccoons on porch this time. These are much smaller than the other two, and both have their tails - I think they're yearlings or juveniles or whatever the right word for not-fully-grown raccoons would be. They fled, of course. I tried to get a picture right then, but the *#@&$(@$!! camera wouldn't flash - it was still charging - and so wouldn't shoot a picture at all.
So I went out to the carriage house and took the pictures of the workstation, and on the way back, I hear a noise to my left; I stop, then one of the raccoons runs across the path about 10 feet front of me (from the right to the left - apparently they separated). I walked up to where it had run and looked where it was going, but couldn't see anything, but I heard a noise over in the corner by the carriage house, and shot the camera into the dark, getting this:
I was pretty sure I'd gotten a picture of some kind 'cause I saw its eyes reflect the flash. ^_^
This is not actually a night-vision camera or anything, it's just really lame, and anything dim comes out green. I shot into the dark again and got this:
Neither picture is very good, but at least you can see the beastie. I have a third shot where it's climbed up into the tree, but all you can really see there is a pair of eyes so I'm not posting it.
I'm wondering whether I should put up screen doors on the porch, to see whether that'll keep the raccoons out.
I went outside to go take some pictures of the Tektronics workstation I'm trying to get rid of (want it? eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2046715775 - I don't expect any bids and am hoping somebody local pays a dollar for it at the last minute so they can come pick it up) and wow! there were two raccoons on porch this time. These are much smaller than the other two, and both have their tails - I think they're yearlings or juveniles or whatever the right word for not-fully-grown raccoons would be. They fled, of course. I tried to get a picture right then, but the *#@&$(@$!! camera wouldn't flash - it was still charging - and so wouldn't shoot a picture at all.
So I went out to the carriage house and took the pictures of the workstation, and on the way back, I hear a noise to my left; I stop, then one of the raccoons runs across the path about 10 feet front of me (from the right to the left - apparently they separated). I walked up to where it had run and looked where it was going, but couldn't see anything, but I heard a noise over in the corner by the carriage house, and shot the camera into the dark, getting this:
I was pretty sure I'd gotten a picture of some kind 'cause I saw its eyes reflect the flash. ^_^
This is not actually a night-vision camera or anything, it's just really lame, and anything dim comes out green. I shot into the dark again and got this:
Neither picture is very good, but at least you can see the beastie. I have a third shot where it's climbed up into the tree, but all you can really see there is a pair of eyes so I'm not posting it.
I'm wondering whether I should put up screen doors on the porch, to see whether that'll keep the raccoons out.
