What wild animals do you see more-or-less routinely (and where do you live)?

In My Humble Opinion
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I live in Maryland, in a fairly densely populated suburb of Washington DC.

Mammals - Very commonly see squirrels and rabbits. Fairly often see white-tail deer. Occasionally see red fox, raccoons, and groundhogs. Once in a great while see opposums.

Birds - Very commonly see American and fish crows, robins, house sparrows, cardinals, pigeons. Fairly often see starlings, red-winged blackbirds, song sparrows, various hawks, gulls (there is one Metro parking lot that always has gulls for some reason). Occasionally see great blue herons (cool birds), green herons, ospreys, various swifts, turkey vultures.

Reptiles: Nothing commonly seen. Once in a while skinks and small snakes.

Amphibians; Hear frogs in the pond at the back of the development in the spring

Invertebrates: Commonly see various bumblebees - Eastern, Carpenter. Brown-belted. Also Cabbage white butterflies, monarchs, swallowtails, spotted lanternflies, and the blue dasher dragonfly. Fireflies in June and July.

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Once, as a teenager - with an audience of friends - I tried swimming out to a group of two adults with two quite small young dolphins. The biggest one turned and made a bee-line toward me. I probably broke Olympic records getting out of the water. Fifty years later, I still have friends who remind me of that day with the words of another bystander, “That dude’s gonna get fluked”.

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County of Rutland, East Midlands, England.

There is a nearby reservoir (Rutland Water) which attracts lots of birds.
They specialise in breeding ospreys (bird of prey) and have a camera showing one nest.

Live Osprey Webcam | Rutland Water Nature Reserve | Oakham | England

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Eastern Washington

Every day: gray squirrels, crows, sparrows, robins

Less frequent: rabbits, marmots, turkeys, quail, owls, pheasant, Canada geese, black-billed magpies, raccoons

On a rare occasion: deer, cougars, coyotes, bald eagles

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Frequently: squirrel (both gray and brown), ground squirrel, turkey vulture, red-tailed hawk, mule deer, mallard, Canada goose, mute swan, great blue heron, snowy egret, coot, gull, pigeon, barn swallow, robin, turkey, scrub jay, bat (not sure what kind), bumblebee, carpenter bee, yellow jacket, honey bee.

Less frequent: coyote, bald eagle, pond turtle, salmon, osprey, killdeer, California quail.

Rare: River otter, beaver, bobcat, rattlesnake, sea lion (yes, they follow the salmon up the Sacramento and American rivers in the fall).

East of Sacramento, CA.

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Near western suburbs of Chicago. While our area is very built-up (and my neighborhood is about 100 years old), there are forest preserves all around the area, which give wildlife places to hang out.

Also note that I am not counting the large number of wild animals who reside at the large zoo three blocks east of me. :wink:

Birds: robins, house sparrows, cardinals, crows, starlings, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, goldfinches, house finches, chickadees, Canada geese, mallard ducks, northern flickers, red-winged blackbirds, nighthawks (heard more than seen). Less frequently: ruby-throated hummingbirds, peregrine falcons, bald eagles, ospreys, sandhill cranes (during migration), blue jays (used to be much more frequent; West Nile virus cut down the population around here a lot).

Mammals: raccoons, possums, squirrels, rabbits, mice, coyotes (tons of them have moved into the forest preserves over the last 20 years), white-tailed deer. Less frequently: red foxes, woodchucks, beavers.

Others: garter snakes, tree frogs (almost entirely heard, but not seen).

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Rural Ohio. Whitetail deer, racoons, squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, rabbit, coyote, fox, groundhogs, mice, shrews, snakes, turtles. Tons of song birds.

We have two, heated, outdoor cat houses on our front porch. An injured racoon has taken up residence in one of them. Still trying to figure out what to do about it.

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Crafter_Man’s post reminded me of one I forgot: chipmunks are very common here, including the ones who live my yard and snack on my wife’s tomato plants. :wink:

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George Foreman will just break your heart.

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But what about George Foreman? How fat is he getting?

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Gold Coast, Australia

Birds: Magpies, crows, butcher birds, rainbow lorikeets, corellas, sulphur crested cockatoos, honeyeaters kookaburras, wood ducks, galahs, bush turkeys, plovers, noisy miners, black swans, pelicans, swamp hens, bin chickens.

Mammals: Flying foxes, possums, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, dolphins, dugongs, humback whales

Other: Cane toads, water dragons, carpet snakes, brown snakes, turtles,

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At our place we get coyotes, foxes, otters, raccoons, rabbits, sociopathic squirrels, the occasional deer and many birds, the more interesting of which are vultures, hawks, wild turkeys, blue herons and owls (heard more than seen). Hummingbirds visit the garden in season.

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Most of these I see pretty much every day.

Native birds: nene (Hawai’ian goose), koloa maoli (Hawai’ian duck), night heron, ala’e ula (moorhen), ala’e ke’oke’o (coot), Laysan albatross (December-July), sand pipers and golden plovers.

Non-native birds: common myna, zebra dove, spotted dove, chestnut munia, java finch, Japanese white-eye, red-crested cardinal (not really a cardinal), northern cardinal, house sparrow, snow geese (there are three of them on the nearby golf course year round), white-rumped shama, cattle egret, and of course, the red junglefowl (aka chickens, they are everywhere).

mammals: humpback whale (December-March), spinner dolphins (sightings are not as common, as you have to take the time to watch for them). wild boars (if you’re out driving at night, mostly)

reptiles: green and gray anoles, house gecko, gold dust gecko, giant African land snail, there is also the red wolf snail, but I have never seen a live one, just their shells.

If it isn’t obvious, I am in Kaua’i.

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The usual for the area: squirrels(there’s one living in the pergola that covers our mailboxes), juncos, robins, phoebes, towhees, mockingbirds, hummingbirds, sparrows, finches, wrens, the occasional cooper’s hawk, crows (flyovers almost every evening, they don’t hang out on the complex property) fence lizards and once in awhile an alligator lizard. There are raccoons and skunks that pass through in the night, but they’re pretty rare.

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This is not safe for the cats.

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Los Angeles suburb: coyotes, racoons, opossums, skunks.

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The farm next to my neighborhood had guinea hens many years ago. One of them strayed into my neighborhood, and started prowling up and down my street; it would occasionally follow Mom around on her morning walks. Some mornings it seemed to be attracted to the condensate drain on A/C units. And what a weird call! It sounded like an old, squeaky mattress.

Here in Wake County, NC, I can remember being able to hear coyotes howling at night during certain times of the year. I rarely hear them now, but I know they’re still around; just last month I had one cross the road in front of me one morning. We have possums and skunks (so. many. skunks), loads of squirrels, bunnies, and a healthy deer population. Every now and then someone spots a bear.

As far as birds, we have common small birds (cardinals, chickadees, sparrows, finches, nuthatches, large and small woodpeckers, robins, thrashers) and some neat ones that aren’t that common here (orioles, bluejays, goldfinches). Turkey vultures are very common with all the roadkill, as are crows. There’s a decent population of red tailed and/or Cooper’s hawks. We also have a seasonal owl population; most of these are barred or barn owls (I haven’t gotten a close enough look), but the Merlin app has identified one of the calls as being a great horned owl.

We have a few types of anoles and skinks in the neighborhood, along with quite a few corn snakes. Water moccasins are a possibility, but I haven’t seen one in years.

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Lethbridge, Alberta, here.

Mammals consist of mostly white-tail deer, who routinely wander down my street, nibbling on various lawns. Not unusual, when you consider I’m not far from the river valley (where a lot of them are) and the park behind my house (which attracts a lot of them out of the valley).

I’ve seen foxes and prairie dogs in the infield of the local horse race track.

Actually, that’s not a bad place for bird watching. Hawks circle the track, looking for prairie dogs, and I once spotted an osprey there. Ducks and Canada geese regularly overfly the track, on migratoey routes. Head to the golf course across the street, and you’ll see more birds. Otherwise, closer to home, it’s crows, magpies, robins, sparrows, and blue jays.

We’re kind of sparse in the reptile department but we’re at the northern limit of the range of the prairie rattlesnake. I’ve seen one or two in the wild, but after those encounters, I try to avoid the places where I have seen them. They seem to be most active in the spring, so avoiding certain parks is prudent.

It’s not far from here, but I’ll include it, as I often visit Waterton Lakes National Park. Deer are common; but occasionally, I’ve seen bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and grizzly bears. And lots of all kinds of birds.

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Pretty mundane here in the Chicago burbs. Only critter somewhat out of the ordinary is fox, which we see/smell regularly. Curiously, my sister lives 1.5 miles from me and sees coyote, but never fox. I’ve heard you tend to have one or the other.

Seasonally we get skunk. Dumb dog got skunked last week. What fun.

Deer regularly in the forest preserves. Occasional possum/raccoons.

I’m somewhat of a birdwatcher. I’d wager no more than 20 species make up for 99% of my local sitings. Probably 10 = 95%.

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Atlanta, inside the perimeter, I see white-tail deer, red-tailed hawks, beaver, alligator snapping turtle, great blue heron. Coyote (heard but not seen). Rarely, red fox and mink. We also get Canada geese and all sorts of ducks. Still trying to figure out if the Muscovy ducks are released, migratory, or just lost.