Last Night (8/31/13), at The Birdbath
 

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The kids play at night, lol Barb

Those are known as cat feeders at my house - or if the cows are in the yard they are troughs for them.

Nice of you to provide the neighborhood drinking fountain!

Thristy critters!!!!

Too cute!!

Love it!! Wish I had such cute neighbors.

What is the bottom picture of please? Thought it was a fox but realised I was wrong.

Must be some good whiskey in that bird bath!:D

You definitely have the watering hole for the wild life.

LOL Love the raccoon!

Well at least they don't have any problem with sharing. Thanks for sharing these photos love to see how wildlife behave in other states.

Have totally enjoyed your pictures. Thanks! They have brought back memories of some feisty raccoons who ALWAYS out smarted us and got the trash at Girl Guide camp. And more memories of summer visits to my uncle's lumber mill camp in northern Ontario. Going from the main camp back to our cabin each night was full of surprises of what is going on in the forest after dark.

The bottom one is a raccoon. There's a smaller/lower birdbath, nearer the treeline, so I've no idea why he chose this higher one!

Good of you to provide them with fresh water. Very nice pics.

Thanks for the comments, everyone! :)

Its a cute little raccoon!!

What wonderful entertainment for you! Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures.

I am always surprised about how resourceful the wild critters are. I recently hung two bird feeders. One is just outside the window by my kitchen table. Now I have not seen a single bird eat from it, but I have watched a very resourceful chipmunk hanging out and chowing down until most of the feed is gone. I have another feeder on the porch and I have watched another or the same little chippy trying to figure out how to get to it as it is hanging in a odd place. Still other than a couple of noisy jays, no birds...come on finches, wrens, and chickadees....the chipmunk is stealing your dinner.
I fully expect that soon the chippy will be so well fed he will be unable to climb the porch railing, leap onto the window sill, reach the pole and brace himself between the pole and the feeder to get to his chow. Then we will call him the chubby chippy.

love these pics. What great entertainment!

I've found the birds are more likely to visit feeders, near trees or large bushes. They like to "scout" the area from the trees/bushes, before visiting the feeder.