George Shirley wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> >
> > Christine Dabney wrote:
> >> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:19:58 -0600, Arri London >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Surprised you haven't had any by now. We've also had the occasional
> >>> raccoon and skunk. The latter reappeared the other night, according to
> >>> the scent
> >> I think skunks have been around here, but don't know about anything
> >> else. No word of any bears...or raccoons..
> >>
> >
> >
> > No one ever told me about the raccoons either LOL. Heard someone moving
> > around the stones next to the house one night. Looked out the window and
> > there was a very handsome, very large raccoon looking for food. It took
> > up residence under the house for a few days, greatly upsetting the local
> > cats who were lodging there at the time. It moved on eventually.
>
> Several years ago when Sleepy, the fearless Rat Terrier was still with
> us she woke me up one night. I went to the patio door and pulled the
> curtain back. There stood a monstrous coon with his hair all puffed up
> and a snarl on his face. Sleepy immediately got behind me and indicated
> quickly that she had my back.

LOL!

>
> I quietly went to the dog door and slid the security panel into it and
> went back to bed. Having been raised in East Texas I knew enough not to
> get involved in a raccoon fight.

Fair enough! This one only stayed for 3--4 days and moved on. No
aggression displayed and the cats moved back in.

Leaving the library this afternoon, a roadrunner was poking around the
parking lot. First one we've seen in months.