{"id":42273,"date":"2016-09-29T05:42:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T11:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=42273"},"modified":"2023-08-03T07:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:12:17","slug":"trio-of-young-raccoons-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/29\/trio-of-young-raccoons-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio of Young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I found a trio of young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and was able to take a series of images of them from inside my Jeep as they cautiously checked me out.<\/p>\n

\"TrioTrio of Raccoon cubs next to a marsh – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/640, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 I have seen the young of raccoons called both cubs and kits while doing on line searches and though I am still not sure which terminology is correct I can say that they are cute little critters.<\/p>\n

I don’t see raccoons often and have few opportunities to photograph them so I was happy to see them.<\/p>\n

\"RaccoonRaccoon cubs at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/640, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Raccoons are not native to the state of Utah but since they adapt well to human presence and are opportunistic in nature they have expanded their range into the Rocky Mountain area and into the Great Basin. There are some online sources that say hunters brought raccoons to Utah but even if that were true it is still highly probable that some have made their way here on their own following human habitation in Utah.<\/p>\n

The marshes along the Great Salt Lake provide good habit for the raccoons which includes shelter and an ample food supply.<\/p>\n

\"RaccoonRaccoon cub at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This group of three young raccoons were cautious in my presence but I am glad they gave me the opportunity to photograph them. I wasn’t with them long because I felt that they were stressed by my presence and because I had seen them traveling south on the road I felt that me and my Jeep might be preventing them from moving in that direction because I had stopped south of them to get better light. Raccoons may be considered pests by many people in Utah but I don’t and I didn’t want to stress them.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Raccoon photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114962,"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":[124,1148,1351,26],"tags":[970,14243,5449,4620,4067,264,4094,462,4336,1352,5300,4095,102,4193],"class_list":["post-42273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-raccoons","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-cub","tag-cubs","tag-fall","tag-immature","tag-kits","tag-marsh","tag-non-native","tag-procyon-lotor","tag-raccoon","tag-roadside","tag-wetlands","tag-wildlife","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoons-cubs-mia-mcpherson-5311.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-aZP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":120888,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/02\/13\/canada-geese-on-the-bear-river\/","url_meta":{"origin":42273,"position":0},"title":"Canada Geese On The Bear River","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning, at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, I took a short video of Canada Geese in the road while I was on the north side of the auto tour loop.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","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":"Canada Geese floating by on the Bear River, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-three-bear-river-mia-mcpherson-7769.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-three-bear-river-mia-mcpherson-7769.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-three-bear-river-mia-mcpherson-7769.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-three-bear-river-mia-mcpherson-7769.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105042,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/08\/16\/young-killdeer-at-bear-river-mbr\/","url_meta":{"origin":42273,"position":1},"title":"Young Killdeer At Bear River MBR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning I drove up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge where the second bird that I photographed was a young Killdeer in the early light of dawn.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","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":"Young Killdeer just after dawn, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/killdeer-young-refuge-mia-mcpherson-3508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/killdeer-young-refuge-mia-mcpherson-3508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/killdeer-young-refuge-mia-mcpherson-3508.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/killdeer-young-refuge-mia-mcpherson-3508.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132050,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/10\/springtime-raccoon-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":42273,"position":2},"title":"Springtime Raccoon At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been meaning to share this Raccoon photo since April. 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