One way to tell if you have raccoons in your neighborhood is to look at the damage to your yard. If your sod looks neatly rolled back by cunning little hands, then you may very well be dealing with a hungry raccoon.
Along with other wildlife, raccoons tend to stay in an area that provides a plentiful food source. Raccoons are omnivores, which means they will eat meat and plants. These cute little bandits will eat frogs, mice, rats, snakes, grubs, worms, insects, eggs, flowers and vegetables.
You can take certain measures by removing the reasons raccoons are drawn to your yard. Wild animals stay only in areas where something is attractive to them. To keep this from happening you need to take a good look around your home and yard.
What do you see that could possibly bring wildlife to your door? Are the trash cans tightly secured? Are your neighbors feeding wildlife that would bring the raccoons into your neighborhood? Its also very possible that you may have a grub problem that is attracting raccoons to your yard.