On a recent walk I saw a small animal dart into the trail, then back off again. I thought it was a cat at first.
There are many feral cats in the parks here. People regularly dump them I guess, and other people regularly feed them. They have their little places along the pathway where they wait for those kind folks to drop by and leave them food. So, I thought that was what I saw, but it turned out this was another Japanese raccoon. It was so fluffy compared to the ones I had seen earlier that I didn’t recognise it at first.
This one looked very healthy.
It wandered a short way up a side trail and then stood statue still for quite a while. I tried to get close enough to photograph it clearly but I also didn’t want to scare it away. I took some short videos hoping to see it better, but it didn’t move while I was watching it. I gave up after a while rather than disturb his day more.
Here are a few photos so maybe you can see. If you click on the photo you can see it more clearly. Go ahead and click the next photo as well to enlarge it.
