Who lives in your yard?

[Karen]

Who lives in your yard, in terms of wildlife? It can be critters who are just passing through as well ...

I know we have ...
chipmunks
short-tailed shrew
sometimes a wild mouse (but there are lots of cats)
squirrels
a wild bunny who often passes through
wild turkeys who hang around the neighborhood

we used to see pheasant when we first lived here, but don't seem them any more.

And of course, sparrows, chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, cardinals, blue jays, mourning doves and more are often around.

Every once in a while there's a skunk, some years raccoons ...

How about your place?

[Edwina's Secretary]

Bunnies

Lots of birds - hummingbirds, doves, LOUD crows, finches

Mice

Lizards

When Barbara and Seigmar were here we had a unusual visitor - a road runner

[pomtzu]

Every bird imaginable - cardinals are my favorite
And as many bugs too
Slugs - despite my efforts to eradicate them
Squirrels
Bunnies
Chipmunks
Possums
An occasional pheasant
Snakes
Mice
Deer
Fox
Skunks
Raccoons
Moles

We once had a bull in the driveway that escaped from a nearby farm!

[finn's mom]

No one, not for long anyway. Freckles is a true hunter and will kill anything her size or smaller. Sometimes it's a good thing, like when David's mom's yard is overrun by rodents or when the birds won't leave her fig tree alone. Freckles keeps watch over the fruits and veggies!

[Taz_Zoee]

We have:
Birds, of course.
Squirrels, which Zoee loves to chase!
I've seen a skunk once (luckily Zoee didn't see it).
There used to be an opossum when we had DJ, but we haven't seen it in years.
There are rats, because they ate through the bottom of our hot tub.
Oh, and I think a raccoon. I know we've seen one in the front yard (even got pictures of it).

[Grace]

Every bird imaginable - cardinals are my favorite
And as many bugs too
Slugs - despite my efforts to eradicate them
Squirrels
Bunnies
Chipmunks
Possums
An occasional pheasant
Snakes
Mice
Deer
Fox
Skunks
Raccoons
Moles

We once had a bull in the driveway that escaped from a nearby farm!

I can't believe how much alike our lists are, even down to the last item - are you sure you don't live on the next dirt road over from me?

cats
dogs
birds
raccoons
deer
squirrels
skunks
moles
mice
wild turkeys
the occasional coyote
ground hog
possums
chipmunks
snakes
rabbits

We've had ducks in the past.

And then there was the day I looked up and saw 2 black and white cows!! They were just babies - about 4 months old - but weighed around 350 pounds each. Someone left the gate open and they decided to check out the neighborhood. Fortunately their owner corralled them quickly

[Freedom]

Quite a variety of birds, especially as I put feeders out all winter.
Cardinals (3 breeding pair), robin, chickadeees, dark eyed juncos.

Squirrel (yes, only 1)
Mice
Moles
Voles
Ducks
Canadian Geese (in season)
Coyotes

The occasional skunk.

Thanks to the coyotes, no rabbits (we had loads when I first bought the house 7 years ago, then the coyotes moved up from the river), only one squirrel left, but since we have one every year I doubt it is the same one each year.

Good topic, Karen!

[Alysser]

Chipmunk family, birds - sparrows and jays mostly, the occasional groundhog, and my particular favorite is a black feral kitty we feed.

[pomtzu]

I can't believe how much alike our lists are, even down to the last item - are you sure you don't live on the next dirt road over from me?

And then there was the day I looked up and saw 2 black and white cows!! They were just babies - about 4 months old - but weighed around 350 pounds each. Someone left the gate open and they decided to check out the neighborhood. Fortunately their owner corralled them quickly

That's funny. There was nothing little about this guy tho - he was a full grown bull. The farmer came to corral him, and the boy up the road was with him - he was about 10 yrs old at the time. I was watching from the safety of the front porch with my hand on the door and ready to bolt inside. The kid hollers up to me - "You stay right up there where you're safe Mrs W. This ain't no cow, ya' know!" I still laugh about him saying that, all these years later.

[cassiesmom]

There are so many birds in the trees outside my building! We aren't allowed to feed them but I know there are people who do. Plus squirrels, chipmunks, and the occasional opossum or raccoon. If I am very lucky I may see a visiting deer.

My mom and dad have a bird (they think it is a cardinal) who starts singing every morning around 4:30 AM -- it's still dark out at that hour and the bird sings LOUD! He favors 2 different trees in their yard.

[kokopup]

I have a lot of acreage so I get to see a little of everything. I have some
Nocturnal critters that I don't see but see evidence of their presence on
my trails. Following are some but not all on my critters.

Every bird imaginable but especially Humming Birds. I have 3 feeders that around 15 hummers fight over.

Squirrels
Rabbits
Chipmunks
Possums
Armadilla
Turkey
Snakes
Mice
Deer
Fox
Skunks
Raccoons
Moles
Groundhogs
Coyotes
Canadian Geese== that have become permanant residence.
Bunches of lizards , Scaley, camillion, Blue tail
feral cats and ocassional dogs.

[G535]

Lots of birds:



and all the neighbors' cats.

[KYS]

BUGS! PLENTY OF BUGS!
Squirrels
Possums
lizards
Mice
rats
birds including hawks.
cats and dogs
I have never seen them, but have been seen in the neighborhood.
coyotes, and snakes.

[sparks19]

Well

We are the proud habitat for a mommy and daddy Robin with TWO big beautiful babies... won't be long before they take off from the nest they are getting so big.

we have SOMETHING living under the deck but we aren't sure exactly what is under there

other than that... most critters avoid our yard because the dogs make SURE of it lol

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Because of our dogs, I don't think anything lives in the yard except the jackrabbit who likes our front yard (which the dogs don't have access to). But, we have visitors, brave (or stupid) creatures that will stop by like squirrels, birds, and I saw a cute little mouse the other day.

Up the road near our community park there is a "village" of prairie dogs (there are quite a few prairie dog cities around here) so sometimes you will see coyotes and large hawks around there too. I've also seen a few pronghorn antelope up the road in a large field, but never in our yard.