Wildlife

[marshd1000]

I live in a fairly urbanized part of Seattle.  But even though I am 10 minutes from downtown, the apartment complex I live in is adjacent to a forested area of a few hundred acres.  So much to my surprise as I was leaving my parking area, I spotted a blue heron!  Anyway this is the first picture I have been able to get of any urban wildlife around here.  In the woods near my home, I have seen foxes, raccoons, and coyotes.  Other areas in the city limits have had visitations, although rarely, of bear, cougar and deer.  I have also spotted eagles at a beach 10 minutes away from me.  So have any of you seen wildlife near your home, on your property or in your neighborhood?  Do you have any pics?  If you live in a more rural area, I hope you will still submit some photos as I am not just talking about urban wildlife!

[Johannes]

Wildlife in my back garden

[Johannes]

Wildlife in my back garden

[Tyler]

Wildlife in my back garden

Looks like a Monet painting.

[Johannes]

Wildlife in my backgarden
The pics are big so i have to post them in 3 messages
Wildlife near my backdoor

[Johannes]

Wildlife in my backgarden

[Mikekoz13]

Well I live on a mountain. There are houses spread about but it is definetly still a wild area. in my own yard i have seen the following:

White tail deer (this is an everday thing and they are there by the dozens.... literally)

A whole family of skunks

Rabbits by the dozens.

Multiple numbers of birds of prey (hawks and at least three types of vultures)

Snakes.... black snakes, garter snakes, and copperheads (I do not like snakes at all)

I've never seen a fox but a know they are there because I often hear them "bark"

I've never seen a bear but I know they are there because there are sitings in the area often and occasionally a dead one will show up in the road going over the mountain (I swear I saw one a few years back but it was dusk and it was just going into the woods so I can't be 100% sure..... but i am 98% sure )

 A guy that lives just over from me looked out his back door one afternoon and there was a bobcat sleeping on his deck... he actually took photos

[Paul]

Back yard here IS the woods so coyotes, deer, owls, turkey, pheasants, opossum, raccoons and the like are always in the yard.   The summer house is where the action is.  On the water up there so have blue heron, sandhill cranes, bald eagles, golden eagles, osprey, beavers, you name it.  Short drive up the hill there can get you a look at turkeys, goshawks, black bear and the rare bobcat.  Can't understand how people can live in the city.

[schro]

snakes, coyotes, rodents, deer, wild turkeys, tons of lizards, frogs (small pond behind the house), hawks, and a Snuffleupagus are all in the neighborhood.

[Robmeister]

We've got a resident coyote that shows up now and then.

Not long ago, I was here in my home office which as a full view of our front lawn.  And next thing I know a full-grown deer walked up to the office window.  That's rare as we are about 2 miles removed from the foothills.

But the kids got a real kick out of it.

[Timmay]

I live smack dab in the middle of the city.  So we still have our fair share of wild life.  In my yard I have seen and still see rabbits, skunks, opposum ( actually thought one was a huge rat one time and beat the damn thing to death with a golf club....cause it came out of my basement window)..raccoons and one very rare occasion there was a redtail fox trapped in the neighbors back yard. It couldnt get out of the fenced in area...  it was reported a few months a go...this lady was in the automatic carwash and just as it had stopped ...a deer runs thru the carwash..coming at her..lol  Had a Hawk flying around on the inside of our warehouse one time.  Couldnt get the damn thing out...it was shitting all over stuff..finally had to call critter control and they got him out.

[Mikekoz13]

snakes, coyotes, rodents, deer, wild turkeys, tons of lizards, frogs (small pond behind the house), hawks, and a Snuffleupagus are all in the neighborhood.

            We had a Snuffleupaagus once too.............. but i shot him and fried him up with some Miss piggy.............

[Tyler]

I was home from college one time and rolled in about 3 in the morning from a party to find a showdown on my front porch with a skunk, raccoon, and my cat.  They were all huddled over the cat food hissing at each other.  Being that I didn't want to get attacked by the raccoon or sprayed by the skunk, I stayed in my car and watched to see how it played out.  After about 3 or 4 minutes my cat realized that she was not going to win, so she backed away.  Next the skunk and the raccoon both left at the same time without any of them eating the food.  It was petty interesting.

[jusbnme]

Very beautiful.  Thanks for sharing. 

The only wildlife we have around here is a little wild monkey that bounces off the walls.  Oh, never mind.  That's my son.   

[herronm]

Damn,  I thought this thread was about me and Mrs. Herronm.