{"id":16034,"date":"2014-10-04T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T12:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16034"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:46:49","slug":"young-raccoon-on-a-duckweed-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/04\/young-raccoon-on-a-duckweed-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Raccoon On A Duckweed Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-114959 size-full\" title=\"Young Raccoon on a Duckweed mat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231.jpg\" alt=\"Young Raccoon on a Duckweed mat, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"542\" data-id=\"16033\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27542%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20542%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27542%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-200x128.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-250x159.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-400x255.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231-800x510.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Young Raccoon on a Duckweed mat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This young Raccoon looks as grumpy as I feel this morning. Brief post, I hate waking up to problems before I have even had my first sip of coffee. But now I have had that sip of coffee and the day will get better from here on out.<\/p>\n<p>Raccoon photographed yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Life is <em>still<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/raccoon-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Raccoon photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This young Raccoon looks as grumpy as I feel this morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,1351,26],"tags":[970,4488,4620,6394,4067,4094,2687,4336,1352,11061,4095,102,4193],"class_list":["post-16034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-raccoons","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-duckweed","tag-fall","tag-grumpy","tag-immature","tag-marsh","tag-mat","tag-procyon-lotor","tag-raccoon","tag-raccoons","tag-wetlands","tag-wildlife","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-young-mia-mcpherson-1231.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-4aC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132434,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/15\/pale-young-raccoon-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":0},"title":"Pale Young Raccoon At Sequoyah NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Seeing and photographing this unusual pale young Raccoon was one of the highlights of my morning at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. 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This image was taken on my second trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma this spring.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Oklahoma&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Oklahoma","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/oklahoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Raccoon in a tree in morning light, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raccoon-in-tree-morning-mia-mcpherson-3641.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raccoon-in-tree-morning-mia-mcpherson-3641.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raccoon-in-tree-morning-mia-mcpherson-3641.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/raccoon-in-tree-morning-mia-mcpherson-3641.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":114953,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/08\/03\/raccoon-images-from-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":2},"title":"Raccoon Images From Sequoyah NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When I visited Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge with my friend Steve Creek, I was tickled to take several Raccoon images from various locations at the refuge.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Oklahoma&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Oklahoma","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/oklahoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Raccoon in a tree at Sequoyah NWR, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-seqouyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1567.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-seqouyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1567.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-seqouyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1567.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-seqouyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1567.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42273,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/29\/trio-of-young-raccoons-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":3},"title":"Trio of Young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I found a trio of young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and was able to take a series of images of them from inside my Jeep as they cautiously checked me out.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Raccoon cubs at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoons-cubs-mia-mcpherson-5311.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoons-cubs-mia-mcpherson-5311.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoons-cubs-mia-mcpherson-5311.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoons-cubs-mia-mcpherson-5311.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4628,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/14\/raccoon-on-the-mudflats\/","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":4},"title":"Raccoon On The Mudflats","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When I lived in Florida I saw Raccoons (Procyon lotor) all over the state. 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