I saw a fox and a deer today!

[scarlet_owl]

It was the first time I had ever seen a fox in the wild. It was really unusual to see one in the daytime. The kids really got a kick out of seeing the animals. I love seeing them get excited about nature!

[LuLu550]

1. ah, wildlife!

We have fox and deer all over the place around here (upstate NY) but I nver get tired of seeing them where they should be....

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. Where do you live?

[scarlet_owl]

3. Me? I live in Champaign, IL

and I saw them in Busey Woods here. I am a volunteer at the Nature Center, and I take schoolkids out into the woods for field trips. This is a great time of year to see lots of different wildlife. Someone saw a box turtle digging in for the winter the other day.

[LuLu550]

5. I love turtles

but not in that special way Will Pitt does.

[DeathvadeR]

4. A place called the suburbs.........

Today I saw 2 kitty, a dog, and a skunk. all takin a nap near the side of the road. Nature Whats that?

[Mz Pip]

6. There's a deer in my

backyard right now. I don't know how they get in but they have wrecked my roses, leveled my tomatoes and eaten the bottom half of my apple and peach trees. Bambi must die!

We get skunks, racoons and possum in our laundry room. They come in through the cat door. Sometimes they walk through the house.

I love the nature in the big open space park across the street, but I don't want the critters moving in.



MzPip
:dem:

[peacebuzzard]

7. I never tire myself of the critters...

I have a home for my dogs in the woods of east TN and whenever I come home, like tonight after traveling thru the americas, I see an abundance of wildlife escaping from our gobbling cancerous subdivisions taking over the area. There is just no place for them to go anymore. I always see them scampering across my country roads here and I hate the subdivisions sprawling up everywhere. It is good to be home for the night.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. I saw a squirrel today

although, to be fair, I see squirrels everyday on Long Island. But, that's as close to wildlife as it gets out here.

:)

[scarlet_owl]

9. Neat! I never get sick of squirrels.

Well, maybe when the steal the bird food. We have an entire school program devoted to squirrels. It is one of the more entertaining programs that we do.

[LuLu550]

11. where on the Guyland, Magic?

I grew up in Massapequa.

[THUNDER HANDS]

13. near Garden City

:)

[LuLu550]

14. I went to Nassau Community

back in the day...spent time in Garden City, too. I'm sure I wouldn't recognize it anymore, been "upstate" for more than 20 years now.

[freethought]

10. Deer, Fox, Turkey, Racoon, Beaver, Ospreys, Seals, Eagles

and an occasional moose turn up where I live. I live in mid-coast Maine. I have seen two deer hanging around my home-2 bucks, one is big one with eight points on his rack. There's a fox that makes a regular trip through the yard. I was able to get with in 30 ft. of him once, he just gave me look for a moment and went on with his business. The turkey are neat the only thing is there is this grove of evergreens they like to roost in, and in early spring they start calling to each other-between 3 and 4am. They wake up everyone in the house. Racoons amble through occasionally. There is a family of beavers that live in a pond down the street. This drives the town engineers nuts, their damning activities flood the road every year.
Ospreys, the show up to nest every Spring and usually leave in October. Hard to miss them. The seals are everywhere. The eagles usually show up in winter and hang around. One of our cats cornered a weasel one day, but wasn't able to hurt it.

Oh Yeah, lets add a pileated woodpecker. And then there is one owl that has shown its face, a barred owl, I believe. It showed up one night making this blood-curdling scream.

Gotta love it!

[scarlet_owl]

15. Ah. Strix Varia-a barred owl

They are one of my favorite kinds of owls! Blood-curdling screams aren't their common vocalization, although they have been known to do so. Something probably wandered too close to their nesting site. Listen for it at night in February and March when it is nesting. You might hear two of them duetting and it will sound like "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you allllll?".

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. I saw a fox on my niece's front lawn in the Chicago suburbs.

It was about one year ago at this time of year. This is a near-in Chicago suburb. My city neighborhood has squirrels (of course), opossum, raccoons and an occasional skunk.

[Superfly]

16. Where'd you see the deer?

I'll be right over with my bow.

[scarlet_owl]

17. Sorry. No hunting in Busey Woods.

It is a protected piece of land. Plus, it was just a little one. Nothing to get excited over.

[Superfly]

18. Then I'll be over in 5 years

when baby deer is big deer.

[DeathvadeR]

19. Woooooooo Ted Nugent, Settle down!!!!!!!

Can you say grocery store? I knew you could.

[Superfly]

21. Can you say Thunderhead?

I knew you could :evilgrin:

[Padraig18]

20. I saw a great blue heron last Thursday.

We see them on the Kaskaskia river here frequently; the locals call them "Kaskaskia pterodactyls". :P

[scarlet_owl]

22. Cool! I saw something very large in the Saline Branch

of the Salt Fork today. I wasn't sure what it was, but it could have been a great blue heron. One of my co-workers said she saw a cormorant in the pond in front of Lowe's in Champaign. Now that is a rare sight!

[brook]

25. I live...

in a heron rookery/bird preserve.(It's a chattering symphony all day long). Blues haven't been abundant here lately. I think I saw about 4 this year. One was standing in the road on a foggy morning and I almost didn't see it until it spread it's wings. Gorgeous sight.

We have lots of wild turkeys. They go in my neighbor's yard and eat the apples. Sometimes they will walk down the sidewalk toward town - other times, they hang around on the golf course. They're not at all intimidated by people. I love to watch the cormorants settle down for the night in the trees across the street.

We have many deer as well - I'm a nervous wreck that they'll suddenly appear out of the brush and run into my car. Other than that, I like to see them. They don't seem to come out of the state park down the road - so the roses are safe. I feel lucky to live around so much beauty. It takes the 'uck' out of sucky days.

[Township75]

23. WHy didn't you shoot it?

Just kidding.

I saw one for the first time behind my house over the summer. It must have been on the hunt, because it was at a fast trot, and didn't bother to even look at me as I told my mother about it. Maybe it was on the trail of a bunny or something.

yesterday, I was went out looking to track some animals, and came across some deer in teh process. It was wet out, so I didn't make much noise when I approached them. Eventually, they saw me and took off running...my reward was seeing them and their fresh tracks.

Now if I can only see them in a few weeks....BAM! Dinner's ready! :)

[notadmblnd]

24. I saw a deer too

I remember thinking it strange for it to be taking a nap on the side of the road like that.:freak:

[scarlet_owl]

26. Hee hee.