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19192
Hi all...   It's been awfully quiet on here lately so I thought I'd check in to see how everyone (and everycoon) is doing!  Things here have been fine......
Kelly Stroud
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Dec 2, 2008
8:48 pm
19193
Hi Kell, good to hear from you. It's quiet on most of the lists right now, have noticed. All okay here too. Have also noticed the kits being aggressive...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 2, 2008
9:59 pm
19194
Hi Alandra!  Glad everything is good in your corner of the world!  :)   I think maybe the kits are trying to secure their place in the coonie hierarchy...
Kelly Stroud
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Dec 2, 2008
10:07 pm
19195
thanks Kell, it also sounds right to me too. Well, have noticed lately that the single kit of the blind mama, often seems to be alone at nights now, and he's...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 2, 2008
10:17 pm
19196
My 'coons have reverted mostly to being nocturnal. Could be the long hours of darkness. Could be because we have sworn off leaving food out day & night. But...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 3, 2008
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19197
Because of my illness, I have reverted to throwing out 5 degradable bags every night. They all hide until we go in the house, usually. If I go back out later...
liebran
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Dec 3, 2008
3:14 am
19198
The coonies here have now also become more nocturnal.  From what I've learned from some rehabbers, raccoons aren't really born nocturnal, it's more of a...
Kelly Stroud
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Dec 3, 2008
3:23 am
19199
Hi Karen! What are the bags you're using and where would I find some?  That's a really cool idea!  My usual visitors have moved from their usual trees and...
Kelly Stroud
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Dec 3, 2008
3:31 am
19200
The first bags I used were biosafe and then they stopped, but I searched the web and found BioBag-that is their name. Do a google search and you will find...
liebran
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Dec 3, 2008
4:57 am
19201
The same seems to be happening here too, Kell and Karen. When the babies are very small, the mamas seem to bring them around in the early afternoons, - seems...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 3, 2008
8:36 am
19202
maybe that explains why blind mama coonie seems to be resting quite a lot now. The other night, she settled down with her baby who was grooming...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 3, 2008
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Dec 18, 2008
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19204
Hi all, wondering if others onlist have noticed the lack of coonie visitors lately? We are having an unusual cold spell of weather here, as I guess many...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 21, 2008
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19205
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Dec 21, 2008
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19206
Hi Alandra, I haven't seen any of our 'coons since the weather turned unusually cold & snowy for this region. I took a thermometer with me to our monthly ...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 21, 2008
7:22 pm
19207
Hi Edmund, thanks for the response and feedback. It's been exactly the same here, with me putting food out and the crows getting it first thing each morning....
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 22, 2008
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19208
hi alandra and ed just a few words-it's been C-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ld here in indy.5% today with high wind and lite snow. my little friends haven't been here for...
CAROLYNE RISK
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Dec 22, 2008
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19209
Just to be clear, we feed our crows regularly too. They are not as cute & photogenic as furry critters, but they fly air cover for our squirrels. Otherwise...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 22, 2008
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19210
Hi again, Ed/all, I know what you meant, as we also "feed everything" too :) In this type of weather, it's almost impossible to feed one lot without others...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 22, 2008
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19211
Hi Carolyne, thanks for the feedback too, about the coonie situation in your area. It makes me feel better to know that most of the listers here are noticing...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 22, 2008
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19212
Hi again Ed, - meant to ask you if you have the Anna's hummers at your garden now, as you wrote about the hummingbird feeder. A pal on another list, - she...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 22, 2008
5:26 am
19213
We had one 'coon show up this morning around 0545. It is still a bit dark for the feathery critters to start for the day. But we have had Anna's Hummers...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 22, 2008
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19214
hi all, I moved in this house in the city,up the road thier is construction site..There used to be like alittle wooded area,but they have got it cleared...
crystal
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Dec 22, 2008
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19215
Hi Crystal, Who is telling you that you shouldn't put food out for raccoons? Are there no workhouses? Bah. Humbug. Pay no attention. Feed them and they...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 23, 2008
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19216
thanks Ed, nice to hear about the hummer hovering so near your shoulder. I hope they survive. The other person I mentioned is at Port Townsend, WA, btw. (who...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 23, 2008
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19217
Hi Crystal, somehow missed your post, until I noticed it below Ed's post just now. That's real cute hearing about that moma coonie who took your childrens' toy...
Alandra Palisser
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Dec 23, 2008
6:55 am
19218
hi again! the other day as i was heading out to shop,there was a red tiled hawk in my yard! it happenes occasionally tthey are searching for food and i'm in an...
CAROLYNE RISK
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Dec 23, 2008
3:45 pm
19219
Dear Raccoonwatchers: We have almost nothing feeding around here except for the birds (sparrows mostly, I think). I haven't seen a feral cat for two days, and...
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Dec 23, 2008
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19220
jeanne,  i think we all are (staying warm in our nests!) the weather here in indy has been like yours.have a wonderful and safe holiday! carolyne ... From:...
CAROLYNE RISK
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Dec 24, 2008
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19221
Kell, What you described three weeks ago is exactly what we have seen here. Zero 'coons came in during the 18 to 20 F weather. Minor racctivity resumed as the...
Edmund F Leavitt
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Dec 25, 2008
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