Raccoon in a tree

This is a photo of a raccoon coming down out of a tree. He He is getting ready to walk to dinner.

When we walk to dinner from our condo in the Playa Langosta area of Tamarindo, we often find ourselves walking along side raccoons who are walking to their dinner in the lobby of the nearby Capitan Suizo Resort. I have previously shown photos of the raccoons lounging around the hotel lobby, where food is set out for them. I had not shown a photo of a raccoon in more of his natural environment.

The raccoons leave people alone. I am fine with the Capitan Suizo putting our food for them in dog dishes. It satisfies the raccoons and they do not need to forage for food in trash when they get all they want of much better food. I was initially surprised to see raccoons in Costa Rica, as I think of them as northern, woodsy animals, but they do very well even in tropical forests.

The species most common in Costa Rica is called the Northern Raccoon. Males travel alone, leaving the child rearing responsibilities to females, who will travel with their offspring.

This week we are showing photos of the Maasi and Ngorongoro Crater on out travel photo site, Viva la Voyage.