baby raccoon

 dusk at Mount Diablo State Park – i walked up on a mom and this baby Raccoon having some black berries for breakfast. this one was tiny! they were on top of the bramble, and first I saw mom until she quietly made an exit – then this little one popped up and was about to eat some black berries until he saw me – we stared into each other’s eyes from about 10 feet for about 10 seconds at my eye level, then he silently disappeared down a willow branch into the thicket.