The only times I see raccoons are ones hit by cars. It's really sad to see. I'll see 2 or 3 in a 20 minute drive sometimes. Also I'm very jealous about the otters. Otters, weasels, and skunks always escape me. Ugh, laternflies. I once stepped on 21 lanternflies in about 5 minutes.
A sad sight to see mainly because I think Raccoons are some of the smartest animals in my neighborhood, and I hate to see them destroyed by something as obnoxious or unaware as humankind. But, we should be worrying more about Cozumel raccons rather than the Common raccoon, as they are very plentiful, and Cozumel raccoons are drastically rare.
I agree that Cozumel Island Raccoons need more attention, but I still don't like to see a bunch of dead Common Raccoons because people are being careless.
Neither do I, at all. In the coming years ahead, I'll probably hate people even more than I do now, and that's saying something, since all I can really handle is me in one room.
-Common animals: -Grey squirrel (everywhere, in bird feeders, in gardens, in backyards, in dead splotches at the side of the road. Black variants are also common) -Seagull (Prefers open parking lots to the suburbs. Only really occur in a few places here, but they're common enough that they're easy to spot) -Common crow (Generic neighborhood bird, prefers to sit on streets) -Dark-eyed junco (adorable) -Pigeon (around shopping centers, sometimes brown ones pop up) -House sparrow (everywhere, arguably the most common bird here) -Snowy egret (common cause of bird poop on cars) -American coot (estuaries) -Doublecrested cormorant (shorelines) -Least sandpiper (shorelines) -Honeybee (everywhere there are flowers) -Yellowjacket (under overhangs and around you) -Jumping spider (in the grass) -Painted lady (common butterfly) -Swallowtail (even more common) -Earthworm (after rain) -Land snail (after rain) -Assorted small brown moths (by night) -Western fence lizard (seen basking on rocks) -Uncommon ones: -California towhee (not a common sight, but fairly regular) -Turkey vulture (Often seen circling around) -Scrub jay (likes taking food from yards) -Mallard (near water) -Canada goose (in open parks) -Great egret (estuaries) -Goldeneye (estuaries) -American avocet (estuaries) -Pied-billed grebe (estuaries) -Ruddy duck (estuaries) -Anna's Hummingbird (near trees) -American robin (on lawns, eating worms) -Black skimmer (estuaries) -Black-necked stilt (estuaries) -Surf scoter (estuaries) -Redwinged blackbird (seen in parking lots) -Cliff swallow (in dark perches/nests) -Monarch butterfly (seen occasionally)
I haven’t seen a lot of animals here but here are some. American Robins White-Tailed Deer Northern Flicker Crows (Most common bird I have) Grasshoppers Dragonfly Bald Eagle and some sightings of more rare birds I have here (May not be rare but I haven’t seen them a lot) Turkey (Two hens) Sandhill Crane (I haven’t seen them, my dad seen them) Some sort of Quail
The only quail in Wisconsin is the Northern Bobwhite and it is a very rare and endangered species. Do you have any photos of this bird?
Ok, some U.K. stuff.... Herring Gulls nest on our roof, Great Spotted Woodpeckers nest in a tree just over our garden wall. Over the years we’ve had Kingfisher, Moorhen, Pheasant and Turtledove in the garden. Little Egrets, Canada Geese, Buzzards and Ravens fly over.
It may not been a quail. I don’t have photos unfortunately. I have a fieldguide for birds so I’m going to check that. (Edit: I looked and it is a Ruffed Grouse, whoops.
•Mammals White-tailed Deer Eastern Gray Squirrel Fox Squirrel Eastern Chipmunk •Birds American Robin House Sparrow Blue Jay Carolina or Black-capped Chickadee Northern Cardinal Downy Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Red-winged Blackbird House Finch Dark-eyed Junco Reptiles Eastern Garter Snake Amphibians Green Frog Northern Two-lined Salamander Gray Tree Frog (Heard not seen)
There are actually a lot of weird North Texas Wildlife in my town because I live by a creek. •Mammals Eastern Grey Squirrel Coyote Bobcat Swift Fox Wild House Cats Eastern Cottontail Virginia Opossum •Birds Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey (Neighbor's testimony) Turkey Vulture American Robin Red Tailed Hawk Northern Mocking Bird Great Blue Heron House Sparrow •Reptiles Texas Spiny Lizard (Eggs hatched recently) Escaped Bearded Dragon Mediterranean House Gecko Texas Garter Snake •Amphibians Gulf Coast Toad
I also know I have Raccoons, a Wild House Cat, and Turkey Vultures. But I never see the raccoons though one tipped over a garbage can.
Most common other than domestic animals, invertebrates, rats, pigeons and sparrows? •Reptiles: -tropical house gecko; -Tropidurus oreadicus; •Mammals: -common marmoset (I); •Birds: -black-headed vulture; -southern lapwing; -ruddy ground dove; -black-crowned night heron; -cattle egret; -great egret; -white-eyed conure; -great kiskadee; -masked water tyrant; -rufous-bellied thrush. PS: I'm just listing animals that are commonly seen by me in my hometown (Nova Iguaçu). If you guys want a list of species that I commonly see in other places of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, tell me.
Edit I also would like to add and edition to my list Various other song birds, corvids, and new world black birds. Striped Skunk Nine-Banded Armadillo Common Racoon
I live about 15 minutes outside of my hometown in central North Carolina and the surrounding area has a lot of creeks and old wooded farms. These are just the species that I have seen or heard about. Mammals American beaver Big brown bat Bobcat Brown rat Coyote Eastern chipmunk Eastern cottontail Eastern gray squirrel Eastern mole Feral cat Feral dog Gray fox House mouse Muskrat North American river otter Raccoon Red fox Southern flying squirrel Southern short-tailed shrew Striped skunk Virginia opossum White-footed mouse White-tailed deer Woodchuck Birds American crow American goldfinch American kestrel American robin Bald eagle Baltimore oriole Barn owl Barn swallow Barred owl Belted kingfisher Black vulture Blue grosbeak Blue jay Brown thrasher Brown-headed cowbird Brown-headed nuthatch Canada goose Carolina chickadee Carolina wren Common grackle Dark-eyed junco Eastern bluebird Eastern screech-owl Eastern towhee European starling Fish crow Gray catbird Great blue heron Great egret Great horned owl Green heron Hooded merganser House finch House sparrow Indigo bunting Killdeer Mallard duck Mourning dove Northern bobwhite Northern cardinal Northern mockingbird Osprey Pileated woodpecker Red-bellied woodpecker Red-headed woodpecker Red-shouldered hawk Red-tailed hawk Red-winged blackbird Rock pigeon Ruby-throated hummingbird Turkey vulture White-throated sparrow Wild turkey Wood duck Wood thrush Reptiles Black racer Black rat snake Broad-headed skink Carolina anole Common snapping turtle De Kay’s snake Eastern fence lizard Eastern box turtle Eastern kingsnake Five-lined skink Northern copperhead Painted turtle Rough green snake Six-lined racerunner Southeastern crowned snake Timber rattlesnake Worm snake Yellow-bellied slider Amphibians American bullfrog American toad Gray tree frog Green tree frog Southern cricket frog Spring peeper
I think that, aside from introduced species (mostly feral pigeons, house sparrows and house geckos), the only animal common where I live is the Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus). However, before COVID-19, I used to see on a daily basis at university hummingbirds, White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi), and sometimes, squirrels: Sciurus aureogaster or Sciurus deppei.
Mammals Fox squirrel Eastern gray squirrel American red squirrel Eastern chipmunk Eastern cottontail White-tailed deer Birds American Robin Mourning dove House sparrow Redwing blackbird Canada goose Mallard Turkey vulture
I live in Naples, Italy. There are no interesting mammals here in the city (even boars, which are abundant in Rome, aren't common in Naples). As for birds, yellow-legged gulls are literaly everywhere (along with pigeons) and italian sparrows and blackbirds are pretty common. In spring and summer, there are even some lizards (mainly Italian wall).
