Our backyard pond been ravaged regularly by families of raccoons over the past couple of years and after innumerable tries at raccoon proofing it I came up with my latest version....'the cage'. I've spent hours constructing 'the cage' and it seems to be working. The neighbours pond was decimated a couple of nights ago and they didn't touch mine.

So.....I'm out working on the last touches before declaring 'the cage' done for the summer....I look up in a large maple tree that borders our yard and what do I see but three raccoon kits sleeping away the afternoon. Despite the fact that I've almost declared all out war on these animals I just couldn't pass up a shot of the babies. This entailed a trip about the block to the neighbors deck to get a better angle on things. After numerous shots I called it quits and came home feeling somewhat conflicted about the whole situation. Resolved: As long as the little darlings stay out of my pond I guess I'm happy sharing the backyard with them.