Okay, so far I have seen:
large hawks
a baby snake on the back screen doorknob
a scorpion in my laundry room
Egrets, cormorants, gorgeous herons, gulls and other smaller sea birds
many pelicans
Bald Eagles (3 times)
several box turtles crossing the road (moved them to safety)
countless adorable tiny green frogs, on the back door, on our windows, two got in my car somehow!
blue crabs living in our pond
BUT early this morning was especially cool: I am pretty sure I heard what I assume to be coyotes.
Very, very close by. It sounded a lot like wolves at first, just one howling, but then others joined it, and it turned yippy like coyotes. I know wolves are on St Vincent's Island but I assume they did not swim over here.
Anyone have feedback or info about this?
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35Have not seen (or smelled) our black and white friend here, but have experienced my share in Colorado.
At my cousins' ranch, a mother skunk nested underneath the bathroom.
Every time someone used the facilities, she would, um, raise a stink.
Yesterday at the beach, I saw a dead crab, but it was sort of leopard-spotted instead of the usual blue. Anyone know what kind it was?
At my cousins' ranch, a mother skunk nested underneath the bathroom.
Every time someone used the facilities, she would, um, raise a stink.
Yesterday at the beach, I saw a dead crab, but it was sort of leopard-spotted instead of the usual blue. Anyone know what kind it was?
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Ah, close encounters with wildlife! We live in the city and believe it or not, I've seen more wild creatures than I ever did living in New Hampshire as a girl. One summer night I was sitting outside reading on the patio waiting for my husband to get home from a business trip. I felt movement around the chair legs and assuming it was the cat, I reached down and absentmindedly petted it.
It was our local racoon! I nearly jumped a mile. So did it. 😱
It was our local racoon! I nearly jumped a mile. So did it. 😱
SantiagoSantiagoBeach Fanaticseagrove beach635 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Our Deer Lake wildlife interaction experience involved a pygmy rattler in full angry snakie mode on the trail from the parking lot to the beach.I'm sure you're talking about whitetail deer, you won't find any mule deer in Florida or the surrounding states.
I really hate the coyotes. They're not native to the area, and have a reputation for killing cats and small dogs in my neighborhood, especially during pup season.
Despite their reputation, the wild boars are more of a threat to your landscaping than to other creatures. Not dangerous for the most part, but very, very messy.
Can't say just how many times I've nearly hit foxes when I've been driving home from work at night on the road between the little airport in Niceville and the Rocky Bayou CC. They'll show up during the day on occasion, including one funny time when I got to see one trotting across the putting green at the Bluewater golf course, body language suggesting that he owned the place.
The day before my biggest triathlon of the year this year, I nearly crashed when I had to slam on my bike brakes to avoid hitting a low-flying blue heron. I so did not want to have to end up recleaning the bike because I had to pick feathers out of my drive train.
And every time we're coming back from a hockey game in Pensacola, we seem to end up seeing a ton of mule deer hanging out near the shoulder on SR 85.
And I don't think the panthers are really around so much, but there's a sizeable black bear population on Eglin reservation. They mostly keep to themselves, but every so often one of them will aquire a taste for Crystal Burgers, start dumpster diving at the fast food places out by Santa Rosa Mall, and get his furry self tranked and relocated to another forest area in the Big Bend far from human foodstuffs. I've also seen road kill bear on FL 20 near Choctaw Beach.
RitaRitamargarita brocoliaDune Allen Beach5,207 postsJoined View profileMessagemargarita brocolia
Ritamargarita brocoliaDune Allen Beach5,207 postsJoined View profileMessagemargarita brocolia......
At my cousins' ranch, a mother skunk nested underneath the bathroom.
Every time someone used the facilities, she would, um, raise a stink.....
:blink: That's so funny --- Unless you're there , I guess!
Smiling JOeSmiling JOeSoWal Expert31,643 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert31,643 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertI'm sure you're talking about whitetail deer, you won't find any mule deer in Florida or the surrounding states.
Correct you are, only White Tail Deer are found in Florida. The Mule Deer are found out west.
beachmousebeachmouseBeach FanaticBluewater Bay, FL3,499 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
beachmouseBeach FanaticBluewater Bay, FL3,499 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticSorry about that. It's just that the deer down here are so tiny it's weird to think they're the same species you find up north.
Smiling JOeSmiling JOeSoWal Expert31,643 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert31,643 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertThe Mule Deer have big ears like a Mule - very noticable. There are other differences too, like the way they move. Mule Deer bounce instead of running like White Tail Deer, blah, blah, blah.
RitaRitamargarita brocoliaDune Allen Beach5,207 postsJoined View profileMessagemargarita brocolia
Ritamargarita brocoliaDune Allen Beach5,207 postsJoined View profileMessagemargarita brocoliaSorry about that. It's just that the deer down here are so tiny it's weird to think they're the same species you find up north.
I know what you mean - the difference between the white-tail deer size in Illinois, where we grew up, and in Florida in the 80s was noticeable. There may not be as much difference today since the deer population in IL through the years has increased a lot. If there is more competition for food, that could keep size smaller than several years back. (At least that is what I am assuming.)
Years ago, we didn't see the coyotes in IL, but they followed the deer and are common now. When we've visited at my mom's, we've been waken by their "crying/howling" in the wee morning hours.
kathydwellskathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nicknameLacey's Spring, Alabama13,303 postsJoined View profileMessageDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nicknameLacey's Spring, Alabama13,303 postsJoined View profileMessageDarlene is my middle name, not my nicknameOne summer night I was sitting outside reading on the patio waiting for my husband to get home from a business trip.
Were you dining alone, reading?.....sorry couldn't resist. 😀
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Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined View profileMessageMeowWere you dining alone, reading?.....sorry couldn't resist. 😀
hee hee hee wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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