Seriously, warthogs? Or wild boar?
When we lived in Uganda, there were lots of exotic birds in our yard every morning, such as blue turacos, hornbills, mousebirds, and many other species.
Nothing too exotic but close up and personal I have seen Moose, bear (black and griz) beaver, wolf, bobcat, fisher, deer, mountain sheep, wolverine, ermine (weasel), buffalo, badger, porcupine, skunks etc. pretty much everything found in Canada. Only seen musk ox from the air. The grizzly was right in my camp so the kids were pretty excited to see him. Not too much in the way of game birds though, just ptarmigan, grouse, ducks and geese.
There was a raccoon in our yard the other day. I guess that’s common in Portland, but I’d never seen one outside of a zoo.
We had an encounter with a snapping turtle last summer, which I related in another thread. Vicious, ungrateful bastards, they are.
An Anna’s hummingbird has taken up temporary residence in our backyard near the feeder.
A black bear crossed the road in front of my car in northeast Georgia, between Ellijay and Dahlonega. My chihuahua cornered an armadillo under my truck one night- no unusual thing here in south Georgia. This time of year, I regularly watch the flying squirrels cavort in my pecan trees at night. Watching the squirrels takes a good flashlight, since they’re nocturnal.
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[li]Was the bear going over the mountain, to see what he could see? To see what he could see? To see what he could see?[/li][li]What kind of grown man admits to owning a chihuahua?:dubious:[/li][li]My father had flying squirrels in his attic in Chattanooga, during the 80s.[/li][/ol]
Interesting flying squirrel fact: though nocturnal, they are easier to “tame” than red squirrels (that is, to get them used to humans and willing to take peanuts from your hand). We “tamed” some at the cottage last summer, though by accident one mistook my finger for a peanut and gave me a nip. 
They glide amazingly fast.
Whiskey, rye or vodka?
Well, the bear was in the mountains- what was on its mind, I don’t know.
Chihuahuas (mine was a present) have attitude. They’re the Joe C. of dogs or was it the other way 'round?
So that’s what the noises in my attic are!
I was in Panama in the jungle and I saw some kudamundis. From what I’ve been told, they travel in small packs with one in the lead.
I also see hawks in Chicago occasionally, they’re not that uncommon but it’s still pretty cool to see them.
If the flying squirrels gave booze for peanuts, I’d visit the cottage more often.
Not even dead ones? I seldom go more than a few days without seeing raccoon roadkill. Skunks and possums a little less frequently.
I’m not positive, but I think I just saw an endangered San Francisco garter snake in the wild for the first time. It was being eaten by a hawk. :eek:
Let’s see um… Gray Whale off the Channel Islands, Blue Bird (I think 100 miles from the North Pole, Ant Eater in French Guiana, Jerboa (Kangaroo Rat) and Camels running around the Kazakhstan steppe, and one Big Horn sheep behind Mt. Baldly in the San Gabriels Mountains, Bald Eagle in Santa Margarita, California, a California Condor near Mt. Able/Mt. Pinos, California, Dall Sheep in Glacier, INPP. There’s more, but those came to mind 1st…
But my all time favorite was watching 13 Big Horn Sheep clustered together in in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park for 20 minutes right by the road. They were only standing 50 yards away and seemed unconcerned about a bunch of primates and their clicking cameras.