Hi Zen...the ones here are kinda scrawny this year...not much weight to them...the pond I pass is a natural feature but it's not usually so inhabited by wildlife...I used to think because of the size but it's probably more to do with no fish in it.

I rarely see racoons around here unless they're dead on the highway...but I live in town so that's not unusual. My brothers place butts up to some DNR land that will never be developed so he gets more wildlife traffic at his place...the deer come in and eat off his apple trees.

It'd be nice to have a place like that but I'm sooooo far from being ready to live out in the country just yet.