It's a racoon

My wish to see a racoon has finally come true. We were on a peaceful Sunday afternoon walk (as is custom on a pretty day in Vancouver), and were just coming to Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, when this little critter found us.

Racoons are normally nocturnal creatures, but I think someone has been feeding this one as once it saw us, it came straight to us. I was just putting my sunglasses on, and my camera was in my bag - so the prime time to take a photo of it's cute face passed there and then. We gave way - it didn't look overly friendly, and besides racoons and known carriers of rabies. Two girls with a baby watching birds behind us felt the same and retreated - the racoon didn't seem to mind the comotion it caused the least. It then proceeded to take a little drink, and then it swam to the other side. We stayed around for a bit to watch the swan abuse silly tourists, and the racoon appeared again - doing pretty much the same as before.