Deer, turkey, wild hogs, skunks, buzzards, snakes, dove, barn swallows, rabbits, armadillos, raccoons, squirrels, and more. We don't see all of these every day, but also have a mounted fox and beaver. Then there are the grasshoppers, crickets, etc. And recently there have been 2 large centipedes and several scorpions some of which were found dead because I insisted we get our home exterminated every 3 months if I was going to live in the country. In the city it is mostly squirrels and the neighborhood cats. We used to have lots of geckos in our city house but I haven't seen any lately, just larger lizards outside.

I forgot all about the skunk, opossums and all the insects---don't even get me started on the insects! We definitely have an abundance of wild creatures living here and Rita, you a correct, the worse are the politicians.

BJ, you did a great thing, starting this thread! Look at the fun we've been having and how much we've learned about each other! Thank you, BJ!!

We live in a fairly rural area in a development near small towns. The developments have been growing and with that we have had bears come into the yard. My husband stopped feeding the birds because the bears would destroy the feeders to get the seeds. We have deer from time to time. Norma, I agree I love these conversations too.

I almost forgot. Once we had a skunk in our garage. Fortunately, he left without an unpleasant episode.

WOW once again. Love these off topic conversations.

Wow

We also have the skunks, bobcats, mink, opossums, and deer. Bears are fairly close (30 miles or so away). Now we seem to have an abundance of armadillos judging from the road kill. I love to watch the wildlife, but prefer them to stay out of our yard.

Politicians???? Skunks???? Wish we could trap the former like we trap the latter !!!

And Bears!! Oh, my ! :shock: ( Yeah...we got those here, too ) And big cats !!

We have bears up north here they come up to the patio door and look in. Knock over garbage cans a general nuisance. Pretty frightning they can be very large. If they have cubs near beware. Joan

Skunks, anybody for skunks? Hate it when they spray near my house or my dog.

We don't have any dangerous wildlife here at all. And of course St. Patrick drove out all the snakes so we don't even have those. We get foxes now and again. A couple of cubs ran out in front of my car the other night. Occasionally we get rutting deer in the garden and we have had a cheeky squirrel who lies about on the fence on sunny days. Otherwise the worst we have here is horseflies, wasps and midges. We do have some very annoying humans though - mostly politicians!

Nancy, I loved hearing about you letting your cats out to play. I think they should be fine. You have plenty of trees and I think they are much better at climbing trees than the coyotes. I'm thinking they'll do just fine. This is just like the good old days. We are off topic and having a good old visit.

At work...day dreaming about quilting on the weekend! We all need to post more!

We have all of the above here: squirrels, ground hogs, coyotes, rabbits, raccoon and deer. Add to that fox and bobcat and you don't want to leave your animals out over night. The thing is--I live in a populated area.