So what animals do you have on your property?

[Alien]

Chiggers and fire ants.

Ummmmm, you can keep those.. lol
We do have fireants around Brisbane area that came in a container they think. Spread like wildfire. Now they have a helicopter fitted with infra-red specially for locating them. Hopefully they will be eradicated????

 

[bigballer]

domestics we feed and water:

horses (trail riding and alot of feeding)
goats (blackberry erradicators)
ducks (egg layers, slug eaters)
chickens (egg layers)
cats (rat, mouse, occasional bird and squirrel killers)
dogs (general security and companions)


the wild side:

blacktail deer (abundant)
elk (not in immediate area currently but have been spotted in the past)
black bear (caught on trail camera behind house)
cougar (only tracks seen so far)
bobcat (caught on trail camera behind house)
coyote (a few daring ones that cross property, many more in woods)
red tailed hawk (in pasture, and trees)
bald eagles (circling above)
spotted owls (in woods)
bats (come out at night and eat mosquitos)
humming birds (love the feeders)
opossums (only seen a dead one killed by the dogs)
moles (cats working on lowering populations)
voles (same as above)

 

[Alien]

domestics we feed and water:

horses (trail riding and alot of feeding)
goats (blackberry erradicators)
ducks (egg layers, slug eaters)
chickens (egg layers)
cats (rat, mouse, occasional bird and squirrel killers)
dogs (general security and companions)


the wild side:

blacktail deer (abundant)
elk (not in immediate area currently but have been spotted in the past)
black bear (caught on trail camera behind house)
cougar (only tracks seen so far)
bobcat (caught on trail camera behind house)
coyote (a few daring ones that cross property, many more in woods)
red tailed hawk (in pasture, and trees)
bald eagles (circling above)
spotted owls (in woods)
bats (come out at night and eat mosquitos)
humming birds (love the feeders)
opossums (only seen a dead one killed by the dogs)
moles (cats working on lowering populations)
voles (same as above)

It would be interesting to see the trailcam photos if you still have them???

 

[studor]

White tailed deer, black bear, elk (very occasionally), moose (the same), timber wolves, coyotes, red fox (they den in my barn), martin, fisher, mink weasel, raccoon, skunk, beaver (very troublesome), eastern cottontail, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, flying squirrel, chipmunk, mice rats voles and moles (I dislike all rodents), feral cats (shot on sight), lynx, otter, porcupine, turkey, turkey vulture, bald eagle, sharp shinned hawks, red tailed hawks, kestrals, canada geese, wood ducks, ring necked ducks, kingfishers, bitterns, three kinds of herons, trumpeter swans (migrate through), bluebirds, orioles, barn swallows, flickers, hummingbirds (ruby throated), woodpeckers, grosbeaks (etc etc on birds), blandings turtles, painted turtles, snapping turtles, northern black water snakes, garter snakes, corn snakes, tree frogs, all kinds of other frogs, deer flies big enough to be shot, mosquitoes thick enough to be stirred and black flies aggressive enough to be put in fighting rings!
One fox red lab charged with keeping them all in order (does a very poor job -- more a retriever than a killer!)

 

[txdon]

We shouldn't It's very controversial as we have had reported sightings over many decades, intensive searching for them, their scat or hair in the bush, and yet no one yet has been able to find any physical evidence. It's still just sightings. Some sightings may be very large feral cats or thir could be panthers - maybe. Until someone catches one there will be skeptics.

Mike

Strange, Texas Parks and Wildlife says the same thing here about the black panther sightings in central Texas. Many sightings but no evidence - so they don't exist. I have seen it 7 times and once a pair. They are way too big for a feral cat. Locals even have a name for it: "Moab Monster".

 

[bigballer]

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It would be interesting to see the trailcam photos if you still have them???

yep, here they are:

bobcat:




coyotes:


black bear:


blacktail deer:

 

[cdaigle430]

We also have
Moles ( I hate them very much)
Skunk (Smeely and they took out my bee hive several years ago)
Rabbit (Good Eating)
Porcupine
Chipmunks
Squirrals
Flying Squirrals(Always end up in my house through my chimney)
Bats
Turtles (snapping turtles too)
Frogs
Ravens
Blue Jays
Robins
Hummingbirds
Black Bear
Owls
Pheasants
Partridge
Maine Coon Cat
Lynx
Snakes(99% percent non poisonious)
Lizards
Caribou
And thats all I cna think of that I've seen around here and in my travels up to Aroostock county. I have also seen alot of tourists.

 

[Alien]

Thanks bigballer, makes me keener to get a trailcam myself. Amazing. Bear is too close for comfort but!!

 

[Alien]

LOL cdaigle430
Tourists... rubberneckers, swivelheads, stickybeaks.... lol

 

[bigballer]

Thanks bigballer, makes me keener to get a trailcam myself. Amazing. Bear is too close for comfort but!!

i never knew how many coyotes roamed around at night until i got these cameras. the bobcat was a real suprise because i have only seen 1 in person and that was years ago 20 miles from my place. bears are curious and the infrared must have caught its attention because he ended up knocking the camera over (it was not attached to a tree that time) after it snapped a few pics.. i guess he didn't like that i was taking his picture.