I actually had a close encounter of the foxy kind this evening, heading out to the store.

What looked like a fairly young one was trotting down the middle of the side street, right in front of a car which had just turned in. Lucky the driver seemed to be paying decent attention.

Anyway, that went on for about half a block before Foxy decided to take their chances turning into our parking area within a few feet of me standing there. I stayed still and said hello, but they really were not interested in hanging around. (What a surprise.)

Haven’t seen one that close up in a while, at least since that last one came exploring through the back door one night over the summer. And promptly got chased back down the hall and out the door by Feist 😾 The one earlier must have really wanted away from that car to dash into our garden.

So, raccoons can bark, purr, hiss, growl, and do a weird noise that is kinda like a purr but way louder and not resembling happiness. Do you know of any other sounds they can do?

dailyraccoons:

Raccoons actually have a ton of vocalizations, and a pretty robust communication system. They can also snarl, chitter, whine, whimper, screech, mew, and squeak. The most common sound you’ll hear is the chittering, which sounds like this!

How fun: I think I may have lost last night’s round of Takeout Roulette 😧

(I was low enough on spoons to risk going for delivery, but probably should have stuck with a known good place. Suspecting they weren’t as careful with handling/cross-contamination as they could have been. But, some variety.)