Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Funny! Bet it happens more often than we know.
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Yes, I’ll bet it was embarrassed! I wouldn’t even have known it was stuck up there, but I was on the overlook and saw two women, their phones raised in the air and gazing at the tree, so I asked what they were looking at. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. 😊
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That is hilarious
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Yes, two women ahead of me on the overlook had their phones in the air, so me – nosy, looked up and asked about them about it. They watched it climb up there and then it couldn’t get down.
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What a story!
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Yes, it always pays to swivel your head around so you don’t miss anything. Had I arrived a few minutes sooner, I’d have gotten better pics of it going up the tree, but I was having the face-to-face with the doe in the bushes. 🙂
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You were in with both stories.
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Yes. 🙂 I like to be nosey if I missed something initially; I was sorry I was looking for egrets and herons which I can see here anytime but a raccoon stuck up in a tree is an oddity
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Yup. Mama did say that. This made me smile. Thanks for that. 🤗
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My Mama said it too Selma. Glad to give you a smile. 🙂
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Best way to learn!
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Yes! I would not have noticed it but I was walking on the overlook and saw two women, their phones raised in the air and gazing at the tree, so I asked what they were looking at. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. 😊
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Someone should call the fire brigade 😂
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Yes, it’s like people whose cats climb up in the tree and can’t get down. I wouldn’t even have known it was stuck up there, but I was on the wooden trail overlook and saw two women, their phones raised up in the air and gazing at the tree, so I asked what they were looking at. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. It was perplexed how to get down, but eventually climbed down headfirst. 😊
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🤣😂 it’s great that you caught it!
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Yes, but I came along at the tail end of its adventure. Two women were standing on the wooden overlook taking videos of this raccoon. They said it was a baby and climbed up there, then didn’t know how to go down. It went down headfirst. I couldn’t take that picture of it on the ground as there were lots of bushes around.
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I wonder if he was seeking refuge or just resting for a bit. I think they are good climbers and don’t get stuck. Looks like he’s putting some thought into his plan for getting down, doesn’t it?
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I am not sure Barbara because I didn’t see it climb up there and probably wouldn’t even have noticed it in the tree as I was scanning the marsh and not looking up. As I walked along the wooden overlook, I saw two women, their phones raised up in the air and gazing up at the tree, so I asked what they were looking at as it was kind of hunched down then. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. It eventually climbed down headfirst, but I didn’t see it reach the ground as there were bushes in the way. I think the gears clicked that it had to go down headfirst. Poor thing was scared – probably its first time scaling a tree and it panicked.
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Wow, cute but I hope it figured out how to get down! The Phoebes have not fledged yet as of this morning! Happy Wednesday, Linda!
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Glad to give you a smile Terri. I was walking on the wooden overlook and scanning the marsh for photo ops, so not looking up, but then I saw two women, their phones raised in the air and gazing at the tree, so I asked what they were looking at as the raccoon was kind of hunched down on the branch. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. It did go down headfirst – yikes! We watched it descend, but then bushes were in the way, so we all hoped it landed on all four paws safely! They like it at your place and are reluctant to leave now!
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I hate to say it, but I think gravity or a hunter are the only alternatives to climbing down!
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Yes, you’re right JP – I came along on the wooden outlook after the poor baby raccoon had climbed up there and was afraid to go headfirst back down. Two women were taking videos on their phone and filled me in. It was a baby (I don’t know how they knew that). It did eventually go down, headfirst, but we couldn’t see it reach the bottom as bushes were in our view. We hoped it landed paws down, not face down.
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A rare daytime sight.
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I know it was a first for me seeing a raccoon up high in a tree and I wouldn’t even have known it was stuck up there, but I was on the overlook and saw two women, their phones raised up in the air and trained on the raccoon in the tree. They said a baby raccoon had climbed up there and didn’t know how to get down. They had been watching it for a while. I would not have known it was a baby, if not for them. I didn’t even see it as I was scanning the marsh for photo ops. 🙂
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hahah – this is a great capture and wow – how do they get down??
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Thanks Yvette. 🙂 It was a first for me seeing a raccoon in a tree and it was a little far away. To be honest, I was scanning the marsh for photo ops and didn’t see it at first. Two women had their phones recording a video so I got the scoop from them. It did get down, eventually, but there were bushes between it and where we stood on the wooden overlook. We hoped when it went down the tree headfirst, it landed on four paws, not face-planted.
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🙂🙂
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So nice👌
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Thank you Neeraj Singh.
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Wondering how he/she got all caught up in the there in the first place!
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Dave, I wouldn’t even have seen it as I was scanning the marsh for photo ops (probably turtles). 🙂 Then I saw the two women with their phones up in the air so I looked up. They had watched the raccoon climb up there, then the women realized it was afraid to come down headfirst. It took a while to come down headfirst, but we couldn’t see if it landed fine, hopefully on all four paws, not face down. I don’t think it will do that again, no matter how good the view is!
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So easy to get up, so hard to get down! I hope someone called the fire department to help that poor raccoon down (kidding). Reminds me of some of my cats who could climb up trees, but not climb down.
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I wished I’d seen the ordeal from the beginning Laurie. I was scanning the marsh for photo ops, saw two women with their phones in the air taking videos of the raccoon. They told me it was a baby and climbed up, but (like some of your cats) looked like it was afraid to go headfirst back down the tree. The three of us watched the raccoon finally, albeit reluctantly, head down the tree, but bushes were in the way and we couldn’t tell if he got down safely to the ground – hopefully on four paws and not face-planting. Poor thing.
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Haha! Easy to climb up… then much harder to get down. Those little tree limbs can only hold so much weight. I’m glad that it finally got down, and hopefully learned a lesson. 🙂
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Yes, a brave soul on the way up, then it looked down and panicked. And the tree looked like it was dead, so not only small branches, but brittle that might snap off. I don’t know how the two women knew it was a baby raccoon. That’s only the second raccoon I have ever seen, so I wouldn’t have known if it was young or old, but it sure was scared. It must have been its first climb. 🙂
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Awe poor little raccoon! Did you help it down? 🤣
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Ha ha – I was too far away to help it. I actually didn’t even see it in the beginning Diane. I was scanning the marsh for photo ops and I saw two women on the wooden overlook with their cameras in the air, so I looked up and was talking to them. They said it was a baby raccoon and it climbed up the tree and then couldn’t figure out how to get down. Of course, I had to come along later and miss getting a good pic of it climbing up, but I waited, as did they for it to figure out how to get down. But as it went down the dead tree headfirst, we could not see the bottom of the tree since it was all brush between us and him/her. I hope it made it down safely. I’ve only seen one raccoon in my life, at Council Point Park and it was under a small tree … I went home for my camera to get its picture.
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That little raccoon is cute! What a fun thing to see on your walking adventures!!
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Apparently it is a baby raccoon TD … I would not have known as I’ve only seen one raccoon at Council Point Park one day. 🙂 The women watched it climb up then realized it didn’t know how to get down. That was a dead tree, so it’s lucky a branch didn’t break off.
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Quite a predicament! Fun find, Linda.
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Yes, it was – thank you Rebecca. I wish I’d seen it climb up the tree. I only saw the aftermath when two women had their phones up taking a video of the raccoon, which they said was a baby, trying to figure out how to go down headfirst. I got the scoop from them. Poor little guy/gal.
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Cute! 😆 We get critters in our big Manitoba Maple a lot. They drive Zoey crazy.
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Yes it was cute Debbie. I came upon two women looking up at the raccoon and they had their phones in the air taking videos of it trying to decide what to do and how to come back down the tree. I wish I’d seen it climbing up. They said it was a baby – it looks big here. It eventually came back down, slowly and headfirst. We couldn’t see if it landed okay because there were bushes in between the tree and us. I can see why Zoey would go crazy as she is defending her turf from predators!
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This has inspired a future blog post. Stay tuned! 😀🦝
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Okay, I will – it sounds like it will be a fun post!
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Coming up on Monday. 😀
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I will look for it – will Zoey be the star of the post?
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I’ve seen 3 youngsters so far up a tree that it was hard to believe. Great shot, Linda! Be careful… some can get viruses and become very aggressive.
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Did the three youngsters you saw have issues coming down headfirst Tom? I came upon two women who were looking up and taking videos of this raccoon with their phone, so I looked up and took these photos. They said it was a baby and the tree appeared to be dead. It finally came down headfirst, but slowly. We couldn’t see if it made it down safely as there were bushes separating the wooden overlook and the tree. I have heard raccoons are mean and yes carry viruses too which is just what we need with other viruses swirling around, especially avian flu and even measles and of course COVID. I am very concerned about the ticks which they say are rampant this year, all across the U.S. and the worst outbreak of ticks since 2017. The article I read said even on asphalt paths you should be careful. “The Great Outdoors” and enjoying nature is a pastime that is shrinking more and more!
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Uh oh! Did you see him get down finally? Maybe he’s still sitting up there and you should toss him some food lol
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He did eventually go down the tree headfirst Susan, but this tree appeared to be dead. I’m sure if we were closer to the tree we might have heard it creaking as he put his weight on it. I wondered if that was the reason he was scared too if he could hear the tree creaking with each step? First time up in a tree. There were bushes separating us as we stood on the overlook so we couldn’t see him as he got to ground level (hopefully not still slung up there in the tree somewhere waiting on Mama’s help – yikes!)
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