What's That Shadow?

Category: Mammals

  • 2 Raccoons Playing & Flirting

    2 Raccoons Playing & Flirting

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    These two raccoons hang out together all the time. One gets over stimulated sometimes and shakes his head but there is nothing wrong with him. There are two different camera views of the same interaction. One with our zoomable camera and one with the stationary water bowl camera that is covered in palm boots. Charleston,…

  • Mama Possum with cute opossum stalker

    Mama Possum with cute opossum stalker

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    Mama possum (technically Opossum) is North America’s only marsupial. Marsupials are mammals like humans, but the females have a specialized pouch to house, nurse, and raise their babies. Possums are generally solitary but this guy has been hanging with mama for a while, so maybe he’s the dad. It’s mating season and male possums are…

  • Thirsty Marsh Raccoon On Day Bender

    Thirsty Marsh Raccoon On Day Bender

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    This marsh raccoon is on a bender and late in heading home. Seeing raccoons in the day does not mean they are sick. Spring is a time of mating and territorial disputes and summer is a time of feeding kits. Seeing a raccoon in the day usually means it’s hungry or taking advantage of an…

  • Two Raccoons Eating Pecans

    Two Raccoons Eating Pecans

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    Two Raccoons eating Pecans from Pecan trees in our front yard. Raccoons love eating nuts. The area we live in is known for the massive pecan trees and all of the wildlife love pecan season: raccoons, birds, possums, squirrels, rats, and foxes. The raccoons dig into the pecan shell sideways with their back teeth and…

  • Pluff Mud Raccoon Cleaning Eyes

    Pluff Mud Raccoon Cleaning Eyes

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    This dirty pluff mud raccoon comes out of the marsh for a sip of fresh water. S/he ends up dirtying up the water bowl (as usual), plays with a small rock, and rubs it eyes. It then takes off back to the marsh. Charleston SC Feb 2025

  • Raccoon breaks through ice to get water

    Raccoon breaks through ice to get water

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    Raccoons and other animals are still thirsty when it’s cold. If you can’t keep ice out of your waterbowl at night, maybe put out fresh water in a different bowl in the morning that’s not frozen. Charleston SC 1/21/25

  • 3 Raccoons Raccooning in Water

    3 Raccoons Raccooning in Water

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    There were 4 raccoon kits born in summer 2024. Not sure if one of these is the mama, but 3 of 5 raccoons are still around. I like to thing that two moved on to new homes of their own in the neighborhood. The waterbowl always brings them around. This is a big wide bird…

  • Marsh Raccoon w/ Pluff Mud Feet Scurries Through Fog

    Marsh Raccoon w/ Pluff Mud Feet Scurries Through Fog

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    This is one of five raccoons (1 mama, 4 young ones) that visit our marsh back yard in Charleston SC. The wide angle shows fog not snow, but the closer camera is so close that the fog is not seen. Raccoons love to hunt and fish at low tide. It’s easier for them to see…

  • Possum Drinking From Waterbowl

    Possum Drinking From Waterbowl

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    Opossum (aka Possum) is the only North American Marsupial. Marsupials are mammals with pouches. Possums give birth to live young but then the itty bitty babies climb to their mamas pouch by their abdomen and latch onto a nipple where it hangs out for a couple months. I do not know if this possum is…