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It was only dusk, not yet full dark, so when I heard more odd noises outside the kitchen window, I peeked out. Raccoons! At least five of them! Presumably, this is the same family I overheard about a week ago. They weren't as talkative this time, but what vocalizations they did make sounded the same. They didn't *smell* the same, but it may be that one of them had recently had an argument with a skunk upon the previous occasion.

I went down for a meal around midnight (as I often do), and found... visitors outside the kitchen window in the darkness. Quite noisy visitors, both in terms of rustling around through the foliage, and in terms of vocalizing. At least, I presume they were plural, as most single critters out at night aren’t so vocal. There were several different varieties of sounds, none of them quite familiar: chittering, cooing, and, once, a sort of bark/scream. I tried to record them, but didn’t get anything very audible. There was also a very strong musky smell. It didn’t smell like angry skunk, but a skunk family is certainly one of the possibilities. Others that have at times been evidenced in this neighborhood are raccoons and opossum.

(goes to youtube for animal noise videos…) Probably skunk, maybe raccoon, definitely NOT opossum.