That darn raccoon! I think it pretty much cleared out of the bottom attic, which continues to be guarded by motion sensors and screeching sirens. Now it went into the upper attic atop the second floor addition. I hooked up sensors and floodlights up there too, but it is a much larger space and I couldn't jury-rig enough sensors to cover it all. I pointed the light and stereo towards where I thought the raccoon was entering and, although it got tripped every so often I thought that it had scared the raccoon away. I checked every time after the alarms went off and saw no vermin.

Since the security system did go off sometimes, I wanted to make double sure whether it was a raccoon or just some random wind. To that end, I found an old laptop and some old webcams, updated the little motion detection program I wrote from when we lived in Edmonton and tried to catch a raccoon getting in. Nothing for several days, but yesterday I found the evidence. Raccoon climbed in over a vent and chilled in the attic. Might even be a different raccoon -- them things all look alike! I chased it out this morning and it didn't come back all day.

I'll seal up that entry with chicken wire but I do hope that our contractor comes quick to finish the exterior!