A coon (raccoon) that has been eating Mr. D's corn got caught in a trap. Mr. D brought it to us thinking that we may want to feed it to Big Al, our resident alligator in the back pond. But Big Al has been out of sight for about 3 weeks now. So we kept the coon for the night in the cage on the front porch and would turn it lose the next day. Right after dark, two big owls came visit and one perched on black walnut tree by the front porch eyeing the coon in the cage. The two owls talked to each other with voices we've never heard before, probably it's their song when they see a prey. I was not sure that an owl could eat a raccoon, but after downloading the picture of the owl and see how big the owl was, I am sure now. Anyway, the owl flew away and the College World Series Baseball between LSU and University of Texas was ongoing so we did not pay anymore attention on this wildlife saga. In the morning, the cage was empty. The coon has escaped.
Raccoon
The owl looking away
Big Al last month
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