It's 4 in the morning here in L.A. and....

[chowder66]

I had to look up “what do raccoons who are having sex sound like”. They are going at it in a palm tree just outside my bedroom window. I thought the one I’ve seen lately was in distress but I could just make out another one so I googled. If it was a successful romp I have 60 plus days until babies!!!!!!

[Basic LA]

1. LOL. What part of L.A. generally?

[chowder66]

2. Hollywood Hills/Franklin Village.

A few years ago there were 3 baby raccoons that I would see going up and down the tree at night. We have an iron fence around our apartment building and they would go through the bars to hunt for food I guess. As they got bigger they would wiggle their butts to get through those bars. It was adorable.

We also have skunks that seem to like having babies around here somewhere. They also seem to have 3 at a time.

[Basic LA]

4. Greetings from the 818

You sure get a lot of wildlife there near the hills & park.

[chowder66]

5. Greetings!

Sure do. They are determined to keep me up. Going at it again.

[sarchasm]

10. Hope your shingles and siding are secured ...

Racoons sure are cute, but super smart and crafty, and made short work of my siding and roofing on their way into my attic. If that tree is close enough that whole family could very well be making noise inside your house soon.

[chowder66]

11. It's a garden style apartment building.

We haven’t had any problems with them. The palm tree is still short and fat so it’s a dream for birds, owls and raccoons. They nest there and then scavenge at night. Eventually they will move on. The longest they have stuck around is about 4 months.

[Mike Nelson]

3. We had one...

... living in the roof. Even when single, they can be noisy! The pest control people had to be called by the HOA, sad to say...

[chowder66]

6. I'm hoping the short term guests above me do not

Call the manager. I want them here. They don’t do anything destructive.

[Hope22]

7. If they get territorial they will defecate on your porches and decks.

They also can get in attics and under eves and do a lot of damage. Stay safe!

[chowder66]

14. We have never had any problems with them.

They stick to the tree to nest in.

They leave the tree at night to go scavenging around the neighborhood but come back to the tree to sleep and well...make whoopee.
Better than getting in peoples roofs.

I welcome them and enjoy them. They are about 6 feet diagonally from the head of my bed out the window.
We've had them for decades on and off but I have never heard them like that before!!!

[Hope22]

15. Enjoy.

I hope it all works out for you!😊

[chowder66]

16. Thanks.

[whopis01]

8. Well you learned something new!

[chowder66]

12. LOL. Exactly.

I just kept hearing in my head Marvin Gaye singing "Let's Get It On".

[3Hotdogs]

9. --- and they fukkin' do that in public?

What would the Supreme Court of Alabama do if it was there, instead of The Peoples' Republic of lib'ril California

[chowder66]

13. I was the one who intruded with my flashlight. They probably thought I was from Alabama.

I'm expecting the California Raccoon Patrol to show up anytime soon and book me for peeping.

[IcyPeas]

17. "When you're a raccoon they just let you do it"

[chowder66]

19. Lol! Not without a fight though!

[Tom Kitten]

18. Watch out for coyotes though

I'm a little south in bright blue part of OC (!) and i feed several feral kitties in my neighborhood...earlier this week found my favorite which I was trying to coax into becoming a house kitty had been eaten by a coyote. It was very traumatic so please be aware of the danger!
We have raccoons too but they're not a bother kind of cute actually.

[chowder66]

20. I do. I'm toward the bottom of the hills here where they don't come to very often.

I've never seen any on our street but there have been plenty of reports on surrounding streets. I get pretty upset at pet owners who allow their cats to roam because of the coyotes. I've seen them when walking up in the hills but they do tend to scurry away.

I've only had indoor cats. There's too much traffic in my opinion to let them roam about, even in the hills.... people race up and down which baffles my mind. The streets are too narrow to be speeding and yet some do it.

I also get an owl from time to time who roosts in the tree. Hasn't been around this year though.