So... the raccoons are not the only guilty party

Crows will raid the garbage, too. This one was shredding a closed plastic garbage bag to get at the contents.

I have had the ledges where the raccoons bred last year closed up. We had one night with a lot of noise as they tried to get back in--they succeeded in pulling away the new cover from one of the four ledges--but since that was repaired, firmly, they have not tried again. While Rocky was very cute (search this blog for "Rocky" to see the story), I really do not want them living right below the floor...