Yesterday morning I got up early and walked my dogs and saw a raccoon scurry across the street. Immediately after that a hawk swooped down the road being chased by 4 mocking birds. Those little birds are vicious! I was surprised to see all that at once. I live in a densely populated area but there's a lot of wildlife happening in my neighborhood.

The little fellow (or gal) could be trapped safely on the rooftop.

So thanks for providing the outcome here.

I figured someone else here would want to know too.

"The raccoon has been collected by animal welfare and will be released later."

sigh, another dumpster diver on welfare

Thank you, universe, for allowing a happy ending. Happy endings don't happen nearly enough.

Thanks to iscooterliberally, for this event. Clearly folks in St. Paul were rooting for him to live.

It's also good to know important news organizations like BBC care enough about little fur guys to publish their great adventures when they hear about them.