12 Comments to “Caught In A Jam”

1. Henie says:

   January 26, 2009 at 12:56 pm

   Please tell me that he “untagled himself?”

   He looks like he is strong and didn’t give up!:)

   I cannot wait to really sink my eye (and heart) into your site! :-)

   Soon again,
   Henie

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2. Julie says:

   January 26, 2009 at 1:54 pm

   LOL! He’s adorable!! Raccoons are so fun to observe, and capturing him in a balancing act brings such pleasure…

   And then I read your words, Evita. Yes. The most important of all is the patience. I’m still learning to practice that, so I welcome your reminder! ;)

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3. White Oleander says:

   January 26, 2009 at 2:46 pm

   Great shot! Poor little raccoon.

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4. Evita says:

   January 26, 2009 at 2:57 pm

   @HENIE – Yes, the good news is that he did untangle himself. Poor little guy was caught like that on the neighbour’s tree at the front of their house. He waited it out until no spectators were around, fed a little on the branch endings and eventually came down.

   We had a front row seat from our upstairs window of the events. It was so neat to see their coping skills.

   Thank you for stopping by :)

   @JULIE – As I wrote above to Henie, it was an experience indeed to watch this little one manage to get out. But Julie I have to say I credit the words actually to the raccoon. Not for a second did he panic when he got caught or when people kept popping by to see him like that. He simply in stillness, waited it out. With that patience, when he felt safe he manoeuvred himself around and all was well.

   I just love how nature teaches us the most amazing lessons.

   @WHITE OLEANDER – Thank you and thanks for stopping by. The good news, is that all ended well and he even got a good meal out of this tree :)

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5. dxtr says:

   January 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm

   Lol! Poor critter. I hope he/she did manage to get itself out of this little predicament.

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6. Davina says:

   January 27, 2009 at 2:25 am

   Hi Evita. I just clicked over from my blog. Thanks for reading and commenting. Oh, this poor little guy! I’m glad to hear that he untangled himself.

   That is an amazing photograph, BTW. I can’t wait to come back and check out the rest of your work.

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7. Thomas says:

   January 27, 2009 at 3:48 am

   Cute fella, delicately balanced and trapped both in the habitat and your image. Well done Evita.

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8. qishi87 says:

   January 27, 2009 at 6:54 am

   oouucchh..poor raccoon!!
   but it’s great photos..how u get it?!

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9. Evita says:

   January 27, 2009 at 5:05 pm

   @dxtr – Yes, it did manage to make it out of this successfully – so there is a happy ending to this story :)

   @DAVINA – Thanks for popping over and thank you. I really love sharing some of my photographs with small inspirations, and even some little adventures like this raccoon got into :)

   @THOMAS – Thank you Thomas – I really appreciate your feedback.

   @QISHI87 – Yeah, I felt for this little fella too as I was watching him, knowing that there was nothing really that I could do to help, but he successfully got himself out…eventually.

   As to how I got the photo, I pulled up on our driveway and noticed there was a raccoon stuck in our neighbour’s tree, so I grabbed the camera and the rest is history :)

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10. 2sweetnsaxy says:

    January 27, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Great post. The picture is great as the words that followed.
    :-)

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11. Evita says:

    January 27, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    @2sweetnsaxy – Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind words!

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12. Magda says:

    February 25, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Great capture!

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