{"id":4628,"date":"2012-03-14T05:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:41:44","slug":"raccoon-on-the-mudflats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/14\/raccoon-on-the-mudflats\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon On The Mudflats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RaccoonRaccoon on the mudflats – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 357mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

When I lived in Florida I saw Raccoons (Procyon lotor<\/em>) all over the state. In the wild, the not so wild and in the streets of the cities. But that isn’t how it is in Utah. I’ve been here nearly 3 years and I can count the times I have seen Raccoons on four fingertips.<\/p>\n

Last month on the way to Antelope Island I spotted a large brown fur ball scurrying across the nearly frozen mudflats on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake and to my surprise it was a Raccoon. It stopped long enough to hunch its back and give me a direct stare before it headed north towards a strand of phragmites in a marshy area.\u00a0 Not a great picture but it is one that makes me smile. I love the muddy tracks at the bottom of the frame.<\/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":"

When I lived in Florida I saw Raccoons (Procyon lotor) all over the state. In the wild, the not so wild and in the streets of the cities. But that isn’t how it is in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114958,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1022,1351,26],"tags":[4004,4005,4064,4273,4336,1352,11061,5990,30,4095,4032,373],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-davis-county-utah","category-raccoons","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-ice","tag-mudflats","tag-procyon-lotor","tag-raccoon","tag-raccoons","tag-saline-lake","tag-utah-2","tag-wetlands","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/raccoon-utah-mia-mcpherson-2322.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1cE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132050,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/10\/springtime-raccoon-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":4628,"position":0},"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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