I usually have a spotlight in the car because it is fun to see what kind of wildlife is out and about at night. The dog is unaware that anything is going as he always his nose in the dirt looking for something disgusting to sniff on. I took the dog for a walk the night after Christmas. About half way I checked out in the cornfield a couple hundred yards to see if the usual six eyeballs were there as usual and sure enough they were. On the other side of the road it is full of cedars so it is kind of fruitless to look there but down at the turn around point is a wooded canyon with a bunch of hay bales there and there are always some critters hanging around.
Tonight there are three deer laying by the haybales, sheltering themselves from the breeze.
Evidently kind of a bed and breakfast. Looked like four raccoons hanging around in a tree right above them and a skunk who was kind of hard to see cause his rear end didn't reflect much light. Four seconds later it was pitch black. I hate that about Nicads. It's amazing how ones mind works when you are suddenly in unfavorable conditions.