Who lives in your yard?

[Queen of Poop]

We've had a variety since we moved in in November:

Moose
Elk
Deer
Coyotes
Red Fox
Weasel
A huge variety of birds (I'm still looking for the Alberta Bird book to be able to identify them all)
3 horses ran away from home and stayed for 3 days, munching our grass

Hope I've not missed anyone.

[kuhio98]

Moose
Coyote
Steller Jays
Robins
Chickadees
Dark Eyed Junkos
Loons
Sand Hill Cranes
Mice
Shrews
Voles
Bees
Hornets
Dragonflys
Butterflys

[Sirrahsim]

We have a charming collection of fire ants and the occasional Black Widow spider
I saw a rabbit sometime last year and the whole neighborhood is full of squirrels.

Oh yeah, and roaches big enough to saddle up and ride

[kokopup]

Oh yeah, and roaches big enough to saddle up and ride

I guess that explains why your Armadilla moved to Alabama

[Sirrahsim]

In guess that explains why your Armadilla moved to Alabama

It wouldn't surprise me! Those suckers look like they could eat me if they wanted to

[kokopup]

In my list of Critters that frequent my home I didn't address the Insect population. I will say that Alabama has an abundance of insects especially this time of year. I have a few that if I posted their picture I would be visited by the Discovery Channel because I'm sure they are from prehistoric times. When my time comes and I'm before my Maker I going to ask him, "what on God's green earth were you thinking." The Scorpion, Yellow Jacket and Fire Ant to name just a few are insects that I can't see having any purpose other than producing pain. I'm sure there must have been a plan but it escapes me what it could have been.

Koko, Lucy and Desi got into a Yellow Jackets nest the other day and Desi ,who got the worst of it, will not set foot on the trails now. He was stung at least 6 or 7 times. Koko licked her wombs for a day or two but now is fine on the trails. I believe the sting of the Yellow Jacket has got to be the worst.

You can add to that list Fleas & ticks. This years bunches of ticks. If we walk in the woods we have to be extra careful to inspect for ticks.

[Casper]

This year I have seen in our yard....

-Birds
-Squirrels
-Raccoons
-Deer
-Rabbits
-Foxes (one of which made itself at home in our garage earlier this summer)
-Mice
-A Groundhog
-Insects

The ones in bold are seen on a daily basis.

In our neighborhood, if you do not put the lid on your trash cans you are sure to receive a visit from the pack of wild dogs that live in the area.

[Pinot's Mom]

As I've posted before, we live at the edge of the state forest, so....

Deer (white tailed, hundreds)
Red Fox
Rabbits
Groundhogs
Box Turtles (we've named them Otis and Odessa)
Tree Frogs
Spring Peepers
Chipmunks
Barred Owls
Great Horned Owls
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Other Woodpeckers
Ruby throated Hummingbird
many Sparrow species
Chickadees
Cardinals
Blue Jays
Catbirds
Crows
Red Shouldered Hawks
Cooper's Hawks
Bluebirds
Robins
Ravens
Goldfinches
Dragonflies
Butterflies (especially Swallowtails)
various spiders, especially Barn Spiders
Mud Dauber Wasps
other Wasps and Bees
snakes, including southern copperheads and black snakes
squirrels
Canada Geese

...and one little police woman named Pinot!

[wolf_Q]

Well we did have some birds in our yard but Keva just killed one yesterday. I'm glad we don't get bunnies/squirrels/etc. in our yard because I'd have to watch the dogs kill them too. I've pretty much just seen birds, snakes, and bugs of course. There's a lot of quail that live in the area. My friend up the street has had raccoons, pheasants, deer, etc. in her yard so its possible I just haven't seen them in my yard. I have seen deer on our street a few times though and my mom saw a coyote down the road once.

[Lady's Human]

Normal full time residents:

Rabbits
Gray Squirrels
1 Red squirrel
Bunnies
Garter snakes
1 snake who I don't know what he/she is (Dull black snake, doesn't fit any descriptions of local denizens)
Frogs
Toads
Bass
2 Grass Carp
Shiners
slugs
snails
salamanders
moles

Lots and lots of birds.......cardinals, chickadees, finches of all types, martins, a resident family of bluebirds, red wing blackbirds, robins, hummingbirds

Passing through routinely:

Skunks (including one who is interred under the deck....thanks Lady)
Deer
Black Bear
Coyotes
Foxes
Red tail hawks
Great Blue Herons
(*&@!^#(*&@ Canada Geese

[cassiesmom]

Here's a picture of a deer that paid my brother and my niece a visit about a month ago. They live about a mile north of me; the deer was in their yard so they picked up the camera and got a picture. Last summer they had a doe and fawn come through the yard one evening when they were eating supper.

[anna_66]

Awesome thread Karen

You all get so many visitors!

We don't get too many, but when we do it's mostly in the front yard (can't say I blame them)
I've had some pictures I've been going to share for like forever so I'll just put them here.
Possum
Bunny
Doves-silly things are in the back yard
Chipmunk
Hummingbird
Cardinal
Mice-which Roxey catches and eats
And of course lots and lots of sparrows!

[Sonia59]

Wow, stunning! All these animals are not familiar of French yards!

Now I live in a very crowed area near Paris, but I still have the chance to have a small yard. It's completely enclosed on the back of the house, so we have only neighbour kitties, birds, snails, insects (butterflies, bees, aunts, spiders).

My former house was in the country, with a yard open to the fields, so in addition to the above animals, we had rabbits, mice, moles.

[cassiesmom]

Two of the four neighborhood cats are back in my mom and dad's yard. The brown tabby is from the house across the alley -- my dad and I have both asked that family to please keep their cat indoors because she poops in my dad's garden. And the tuxie is from the house across the street and one door east. I would be really happy if that family kept their cat indoors because s/he is mostly black and I don't want him/her getting struck by a car.

So far, no raccoons this year (unlike the mom and four babies he had in August). One opossum.

[Louie and me]

Every bird imaginable including a Coopers Hawk I saw the other day.
Lots of bunnies (especially now my crocus are showing)
Squirrels black and brown
Chipmunks
Voles
A beautiful red fox
Racoons
A coyote (in next door's garden)
I smell the leftover odor of a skunk but fortunately have not seen it!
My yard backs onto a creek that joins a conservation area and this winter for the first time we had three deer that have visited once or twice a day. The fences mean nothing as they cross from garden to garden. I have pictures if I only knew how to load them.