Backyard Wildlife- what do you see?

[Flyfish1]

I just the dogs out this evening and the local coyote pack was on a kill a few hundreds yards away howling like crazy. We are not in the hinterlands just a few miles from I-95 and a busy tourist town but we do see some wildlife. We have Turkeys, Coyotes, Bobcats, Deer (of course) , Mink, Foxes, turtles and lots of birds being by the water. Geese, lots of different duck species, swans in the winter, seagulls of course, Osprey seasonally , Bald Eagles occasionally, lots of hawks, the occasional owl. Our state has lots and lots of black bear, but they haven't made it to our area yet. I wonder what everyone else sees around their property.

 

[COcheesehead]

I am less than a quarter mile from a National Monument boundary with nothing, but protected open space in between. We see and hear a lot. Deer, wild turkeys, coyotes, magpies, fox, ducks, skunk.

 

[street]

Moose, elk and antelope are on my place through out the year. Whitetail. mule deer, turkeys, pheasants, grouse, golden/bald eagles, geese, duck and just about every other critter you can think of are here all the time. Mountain lion wonder through and bobcat. I love to watch wildlife and listen to all the sounds of nature.

Today had about a 12 mule deer feeding and moving around on the north slope. I love to have lunch outside at the table and watch over lunch.

 

[MRG]

Our house is on the edge of a canyon next to a national forest. We see a lot of game:

Deer, coyotes, multple type of squirrel, including ones that look like Andy Rooney, Red and Grey fox, bobcat. bear, mountain lion and last year a moose.

 

[audreyh1]

Skunks, possums, rabbits, hares, and squirrels, the occasional rattlesnake.

We get tons of great birds, most of which aren’t seen much farther north in the US. Some nest in our small back yard.

We also have an extensive butterfly list for butterflies seen in our yard.

We hear coyotes all the time. Lots of critters to be seen in the nearby state park including bobcats, javelinas, coyotes, wild turkey, lots more birds and snakes, etc. Amazingly no deer here.

 

[Koolau]

I'm amazed to see deer in the little valleys that run through my home town of 100K people. I've seen 4 or 5 at a time in neighborhoods. How they avoid cars, I'm not sure. I always slow to a crawl when I travel through the hollers.

 

[rk911]

We live nearly adjacent to a protected marsh. We've had deer, raccoons, skunks, coyotes in our yard and red tail hawks, sandhill cranes and the occasional red bird above the house.

 

[Connexity]

Living in the forest: bald eagle, Red-tailed hawk, stellar's jays, great horned owls, deer, coyotes, grey and douglas squirrels, rabbits, ball pythons, raccoons, bats, skinks and rarely wild turkeys.

 

[G POP]

Bull sharks, Sand Tiger sharks, multiple types of sting rays, dolphins, multiple types of Jelly fish, mostly Blue crabs but a few others. Multiple types of turtles. Mostly box and snapping. Osprey, Canadian geese, ducks, many other hawks/eagles. A fox family lives under the neighbor's walkway on the beach. Skunk, opossum, racoon, skunk, squirrel, White tail deer, Cardinal, many types of sea birds and gulls. Loon and various snake varieties. Rarely a day goes by without seeing some interesting wildlife.

 

[Ronstar]

Deer every day, turkeys, foxes, possum, groundhog, skunk, raccoon, squirrels, coyotes, geese, ducks, bald eagles, turtles, snakes, several varies of birds and fish.

 

[Aerides]

 

[Gumby]

In my yard, which is right in the center of town, I have seen snakes, squirrels, field mice, moles, rabbits, groundhogs, raccoons, opossums, skunks, red foxes, white tailed deer, bald eagles, ospreys, hawks, owls, crows, ducks, herons, doves, blue jays, cardinals, robins, sparrows, blackbirds, wrens and probably a few more that I can't remember.

 

[old medic]

Just about every critter in WNC has managed to visit us here including a few bears. About the only ones I haven't seen is a wild Boar that are around and Elk.

 

[pb4uski]

Our Texas home is in a development but we still get all sorts of birds, squirrels, the occasional armadillo and lots of whitetail deer and wild turkeys.

Our Vermont summer home is more rural and we get a much broader variety of wildlife. No armadillos but all of the above plus loons, bald eagles, hawks, ducks, Canada geese, bear and an occasional moose.

 

[Guamaniac]

I mostly see the neighbor's dog wandering into my backyard. Perhaps not "wildlife" but certainly free ranging.

 

[donheff]

Squirrels mostly, and once in a while a rat.

 

[1242Vintage]

Our orchard is adjacent to the house, separated by a creek. Plenty of water, no dogs and good eats over there. Everything local wildlife needs.

Occasionally wildlife come exploring up close to the house. Security cameras two nights ago.

 

[pacergal]

squirrels, rabbits in the back yard
osprey, eagles above, ducks and geese if we go to the lake/river
coyotes, deer will wander in the street as they go from one forested area to the other. We will get an occasional "they (coyotes) are in the school yard now" warning from other dog walkers when we walk the pup in the evening, so we go the other way!
DB had a mountain lion in their next door neighbors back yard and a few days later, the city next to us had an "alert" picture of what probably was the same one in the park.

 

[RetiredHappy]

Big horn sheep, coyotes, roadrunners, quails, hawks, rabbits and of course the Canada geese. Which golf course does not have Canada geese and coots?

 

[Sittinginthesun]

We live on over 100 acres of mixed forest so lots of wildlife. I am not a hunter so the deer have bit of a sanctuary here and I had several acres of clover planted for them which they love and come and dig through the snow all winter to get to it. We had 30 at one time this winter, this pic from the front window catches quite a few...

 

[AudiDudi]

This morning I watched 2 does and 2 last yrs fawns come up the from the road below, their backs covered in snow as big, fluffy flakes were falling. About the only wildlife we don't see are Wolverines and Lynx, although they are in the wilderness behind us.

 

[Cassius King]

Unfortunately, nothing. Althea, my German Shepherd has jurisdiction over the area and does a great job monitoring the area to ensure there are no "unwelcome" guests, lol.

 

[Lorenzo]

In our ordinary suburban backyard sprawl of the Atlanta metro area we see squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, the occasional deer, and very occasional coyote (more often heard at night than seen in the day), and many songbirds and hawks.

We see snakes now and then, too. I recall reading that Georgia has the highest density of snakes per square mile of any state (is that true?), and that on average a person here is never more than a few feet from a snake. I used to feel their presence even closer when I lived downtown near the law offices.

 

[audreyh1]

In our ordinary suburban backyard sprawl of the Atlanta metro area we see squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, the occasional deer, and very occasional coyote (more often heard at night than seen in the day), and many songbirds and hawks.

We see snakes now and then, too. I recall reading that Georgia has the highest density of snakes per square mile of any state (is that true?), and that on average a person here is never more than a few feet from a snake. I used to feel their presence even closer when I lived downtown near the law offices.

I think it’s Texas then Florida. But I’ve seen plenty of snakes in Georgia.

 

[Midpack]

Where we used to live, in a heavily wooded distant suburb of Chicago, we used to see deer almost every morning and evening in Spring and Fall. Sporadically other seasons. Rarely a buck of course, but does with fawns routinely. They’d come from one direction in the morning and the opposite direction in the evening, so we guessed they had a preferred route. They usually moved very slowly so we got a good look at them every time. But once in a while they move through quickly for some reason?

We never tired of seeing them over 26 years. Would always stop and watch them.

Once, a mama doe evidently left a newborn in our backyard by a large tree. Not much larger than a cat and nestled down in the grass. Our research told us to leave the fawn alone and mama would come back for it. So at least one of us was home all day to make sure no one disturbed the seemingly terrified fawn. Glad to do it. Sure enough we looked outside around 5 pm and it was gone, after staying put all day. Pics below.

We REALLY miss that. Our new location has a large wooded ravine behind our house so we thought we’d see some wildlife, but we rarely see any other than birds and the occasional snake…