Raccoons seem to be sleeping through the Big Snow. As of this morning, several inches of snow piled on the ledge outside their retaining wall den appeared undisturbed by any entrances or exits.
A few squirrels, on the other hand, are out and about as are sparrows, many junkos, the omnipresent Riverside Downy woodpecker, a cardinal, two mourning doves and rock doves.
Friday news: Out walking the dog is participating in the Friday Ark, a weekly blog carnival about animals of all kinds, including mammals, birds, reptiles, invertebrates and anything else you can think of. Stop by the Ark on Fridays to visit the animals. Our submission is a post from last week in which Esau encounters an elephant. 
Out walking the dog 