Thoughts from Starlight Cascade

Two weeks ago all of the baby robins and eggs disappeared from the nest overlooking the back deck. A week ago we found a young raccoon up our back tree with the cats racing around trying to figure out how to get up there. The birdfeeders (sunflower seed and hummingbird) were damaged or knocked down. A few hours of trying to get him down failed so we went away for a couple of hours and he was gone on our return…

But he has come back!. Probably every night but we only see evidence of muddy footprints, downed feeders and most recently a present at our back door. We’ve been taking in the bird feeders every night since the first but he has a good memory and has patience… and keeps coming back looking for more.