Backyard Wildlife

[Thalan]

Reptiles/Amphibians
Garter Snakes
Rattlesnakes
Moccasins
Alligators
Snapping turtles
Red eared sliders
some type of tortoise
My dad has a Caiman hanging out near his place
All manner of frogs, toads, and skinks I haven't bothered to ID

Birds
Red tailed hawk
Osprey
Various owls
Cardinals
Bluejays
Herons
Cranes
Crows
Turkey
Mallards
Muskogees (sp?)
Canadian Geese
Swans
saw a Sun Conure once
and tons of small things like finches, wrens, blackbirds and so on

Mammals
Racoons
Armadillos
Opossums
Foxes
Squirrels
Moles
Nutria
Rats/mice
Deer
There are bears and Puma about but thankfully I dont see those

Im sure theres plenty more but thats what I see regularly

Pacu Mom that is an absolutely epic back yard

 

[ceeej31]

Being on a lagoon I've seen

Top Smelt
Jack Smelt
Longjaw Gobys
Yellowfin Gobys
Pipefish
Striped Bass
Canadian Geese
Malard Ducks
Mud Hens
and a Raccoon

it must be pretty cool to go striper fishing in your own back yard

 

[ceeej31]

Reptiles/Amphibians
Garter Snakes
Rattlesnakes
Moccasins
Alligators
Snapping turtles
Red eared sliders
some type of tortoise
My dad has a Caiman hanging out near his place
All manner of frogs, toads, and skinks I haven't bothered to ID

Birds
Red tailed hawk
Osprey
Various owls
Cardinals
Bluejays
Herons
Cranes
Crows
Turkey
Mallards
Muskogees (sp?)
Canadian Geese
Swans
saw a Sun Conure once
and tons of small things like finches, wrens, blackbirds and so on

Mammals
Racoons
Armadillos
Opossums
Foxes
Squirrels
Moles
Nutria
Rats/mice
Deer
There are bears and Puma about but thankfully I dont see those

Im sure theres plenty more but thats what I see regularly

Pacu Mom that is an absolutely epic back yard

cool list, its probably a gopher tortoise

 

[Blue2Fyre]

you get deer in the city?

Yup though we haven't seen them in a while. Last summer there were twin fawns that stuck around the neighborhood all summer. People were feeding them. Most people believe the mom had been killed on the highway. They were older fawns and didn't have their spots anymore but they stuck around for a while. I haven't seen them now that it's spring though.

 

[Dan F]

We live on 8 acres up in the Cascades foothills, so I've seen lots of critters looking out my back door. I see deer on a daily basis at some times of year. Just yesterday my cat left a dead Ermine (tiny member of the Weasel family) in front of the garage.

Mammals:
Elk
Black Bear (across the road, not actually in my yard)
Blacktail Deer
Coyotes
Bobcats
Raccoons
Skunks
Jackrabbits
Cottontails
Willamette Valley Giant pocket Gophers
Ground Squirrels
Moles
Ermine
Voles
Field Mice

Amphibians:
Dimptodon tenebrosus (Pacific Giant Salamander) - Up the road a few miles, coolest Salamander I've seen!
Ambystoma gracilis (Northwest Mole Salamander)
Taricha granulosa (Rough-Skinned Newt)
Plethodon dunni (Dunn's Salamander)
Rana aurora (Red-Legged Frog)
Pseudacris regilla (Chorus Frog)

Reptiles:
Alligator lizards
Western Fence Lizards

I am not a birder (you have to draw the somewhere) so I can't ID the many species of Songbirds that show up, but some birds I've recognized or looked up.

Birds:
Canadian Geese
Golden Eagles
Red-tailed Hawks
Crows
Pileated Woodpecker
Grouse
Quail
Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers
Scrub Jays, Robins, and tons of cute little birds

 

[Thalan]

Oh I forgot Bats and Flying Squirrels. I actually had a FS briefly when we caught our cat "playing" with a baby one. We nursed it back to health and released it.

 

[pacu mom]

river otter in our river.

 

[ceeej31]

bump, the frogs are loud tonight

 

[Red Devil]

Reptiles/Amphibians
bullfrogs
gray tree frogs
american toads
eastern garter snakes
ribbon snake
paint turtles
snapping turtles


Birds
cardinals
blue jays
robins
sparrows
mourning doves
finches
mocking birds
chickadees
goldfinches
woodpeckers
nuthatches
red-tail hawks
canada geese
white swans
ducks{mallards}
goshawks
barn owls
Black birds-crows
hummingbirds
pheasants
wild turkeys


Mammals
gray squirrels
eastern chipmunks
mice
skunks
opossums
raccoons
groundhogs
fox
coyote
deer
ferral cats
Bats
wolf

 

[tcarswell]

Crescent City

I love the pacu on the front gate !