Wild Animals I’ve Seen

Place 40

White-tailed Deer

Very overpopulated. A whole family is living in our backyard, fawn with them.

Place 39

Turkeys

Of course people here hunt them—it’s a tradition. But their population is still concerningly huge.

Place 38

Groundhogs

We have a family of them with kits living under our shed. Again, they have population control on them.

Place 37

Blue Jays

Beautiful, extremely territorial birds.

Place 36

Cardinals

Famous for their magnificent colored red feathers.

Place 35

Mourning Doves

Their coo sounds very sad, like they’re mourning.

Place 34

Rabbits

🐰 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

Place 33

Sparrows

I’ve seen a lot of different species of them.

Place 32

Robins

Most everyone has seen them. They are red-breasted.

Place 31

Chipmunks

One lives in the window-well of the basement.

Place 30

Squirrels

The difference between a chipmunk and a squirrel is that squirrels are larger and don’t have a stripe down their back.

Place 29

Great horned owl

One of my personal favorite animals.

Place 28

Bears

I haven’t actually seen them, but there have been a few bear sightings nearby.

Place 27

Bees

You probably know I’m a beekeeper of sorts. If not, check out the quiz Would You Do Well at Beekeeping?

Place 26

Ruby throated hummingbirds

These beautiful birds are known for the speed of their wings and can fly in any direction.

Place 25

Fish of several kinds

Lots of fish. Trout and sunfish.

Place 24

Raccoons

Notorious for invading your garbage. Also infamous for having rabies. Don’t ever trust a raccoon that’s out in broad daylight.

Place 23

Crayfish

I caught a few of these.

Place 22

Pigeons

Everyone should know pigeons. They can live every where.

Place 21

Bald eagle

Apparently they used to be endangered-but not anymore.

Place 20

Hawks

Seen lots of different kinds.

Place 19

Toads

I’ve caught three to four of them.

Place 18

Toads

I’ve caught three to four of them.

Place 17

Dragonflies

One day, there were a couple hundred of them in our (half acre) yard at a time. Scientists are still trying to find out why.

Place 16

Seventeen year cicadas

They only come out every seventeen years, and this year (2019) they emerged in my area/district.

Place 15

Cicadas

Regular cicadas for comparison. These ones are sort of like crickets.

Place 14

Praying mantis

I’ve seen a few. Apparently they mean good luck 👍🍀

Place 13

Bats

I’ve seen lots. They are in NO WAY dangerous to humans living in America any more than a squirrel might be.

Place 12

Butterflies

They’re so pretty, aren’t they?

Place 11

Moths

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Place 10

Snake/snakeskin

I have held a snakeskin and seen snakes.

Place 9

Crickets

Their song is nice at night.

Place 8

The following list items are out of state.

Place 7

Stingray

These are egg sacks, more commonly known as mermaid purses.

Place 6

Bison

Most people think buffalos. The proper term is actually bison.

Place 5

Elk

Very much like deer.

Place 4

Cockroaches

I only know I came face-to-face with one because I know I got bit by one.

Place 3

Which one was your favorite?

Place 2

Do you have these animals near you?

Place 1

I’d love to hear about it in the comment section below!

Comments (48)

Destinee (85120)

115 days ago

What happend to ur dog mine got put down my mom made me get them put down i felt like calling her a b**** but i didn't i said it in my head im still mad though

There's something rare I Have seen white alligators!!! There isn't any emoji for that!

Alienfreak#1 (65734)

269 days ago

Oh, okay! Sorry about that!!!

143 (92826)

274 days ago

No, sorry I don’t play Dragon City at all

Alienfreak#1 (01654)

276 days ago

Also, I am so sorry about your dog...😭

Haha, 143 you last comment was posted 143 days ago! And I'm pretty sure I've seen you before on Dragon City, do you play?

420 days ago

Cool! Bald eagles used to be my favorite animal...not anymore tho

TheFadedWalker500 (17281)

421 days ago

Cool, 143! Yes, I have some of these animals in my backyard. I have seen probably 4 Bald Eagles. One was at the zoo.

423 days ago

Fellow Earthling a bald eagle is a species subdivision of eagles 🦅 they’re very similar tho

AddyNick (64291)

432 days ago

I think they might just look different, and maybe have a couple other differences

Fellow Earthling (02907)

438 days ago

I've never seen a bald eagle before. Probably because I dont live in America. Is there any difference between a bald eagle and an eagle?

455 days ago

Thanks NHYT Yeah cockroaches are gross which is half of the reason why I didn’t add a picture (the other half is that I was way too tired).

NHYT (14385)

460 days ago

except for the cockroaches.... but okay.................

CUTE AND ELEGANT ANIMALS

AddyNick (Alltheclubs, Every Club) (64291)

472 days ago

Maybe over the course of my life I've eaten almost an entire ham but never all at once

143 (Snow’s Club) (92826)

473 days ago

Well yeah it does but I’m guessing you shared it so

474 days ago

Does that sound like I ate an entire ham?

475 days ago

Kaity that sound delicious! AddyNick ok cool

AddyNick (Alltheclubs, Snow's, Quizzy's, Kait (64291)

477 days ago

I haven't seen a wild turkey and I ate a ham

Kaity (Snow's Club, Quizzy's, 143) (32492)

478 days ago

We get turkeys alot around thanksgiving my dad shot one we ate it

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