Raccoon - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 23.378 W 075° 45.510
18T E 440625 N 5026514
This raccoon, from the collection of renowned wildlife photographer, Michelle Valberg, is the subject of this artistic utility box located at the corner of Golden Avenue and Richmond Road, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM11RGV
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/10/2019
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This curious raccoon is perched high in a pine tree. She soon senses danger caused by a hiker coming down the trail. She is alert and ready to climb further up if necessary and start hissing at the intruder, but this will not be necessary as the hiker disappears from view. The masked carnivore relaxes her hold on the tree and uses her hand like front paws to complete her meal of an unlucky small rodent. Satiated, she soon returns to her den to join her kits in the nursery.
"The common raccoon (Procyon lotor) is probably best known for its mischievous-looking black face mask. Raccoons are usually a grizzled grey in colour with a tail marked by five to 10 alternating black and brown rings. Body coloration can vary from albino, (white) to melanistic (black) or brown. An annual moult, or shedding, of the fur begins in the spring and lasts about three months.
A raccoon is about 80 centimetres in length and weighs between 6-8 kilograms.
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Name of Artist: Michelle Valberg
Title of the Art: Raccoon
Year Decorated: 2019
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