Common Raccoon

Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Toronto, Canada

1/1000 sec., f 6.3, ISO 1800

I don’t know if the “trash panda” moniker holds outside the GTA, but it’s a good one. I know they’re dirty. I know they destroy property. I know they can spread diseases like rabies and raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris), but they’re just so damned charismatic.

This young one was chilling up a tree outside my house, posing like it was in a Sears portrait studio. Had to snap a shot or two.