No coyotes (or any wild canid)? No white tailed jackrabbits (or any hare)?
When I lived in Calgary, Fish And Wildlife would occasionally have to relocate black bears that wandered up the river valley and into someone’s back yard. Once every few years it would be a cougar, just for variety.
Other urban wildlife: porcupines. I was cross-country skiing on a golf course in Calgary and could see a huge brownish thing hanging off a tree branch in someone’s back yard. Turned out to be a porcupine, stripping all the bark off the tree.
The construction of several recent housing developments has resulted in more animals coming into residential areas and places on the outskirts. They’re especially active at night, which is when I do my rounds as a newspaper courier in addition to my other duties at the paper.
Thus far, I’ve seen stray cats, stray dogs, deer (entire neighborhoods are overtaken after dark), possums, snakes, raccoons, skunks, tarantulas, bats, foxes, frogs, and at least one cow.
Nuliajuk over 4 years ago
No coyotes (or any wild canid)? No white tailed jackrabbits (or any hare)?
When I lived in Calgary, Fish And Wildlife would occasionally have to relocate black bears that wandered up the river valley and into someone’s back yard. Once every few years it would be a cougar, just for variety.
Ida No over 4 years ago
Hmm. All I get are pigeons and crows. And the crows keep taking my bingo cards.
Nuliajuk over 4 years ago
Other urban wildlife: porcupines. I was cross-country skiing on a golf course in Calgary and could see a huge brownish thing hanging off a tree branch in someone’s back yard. Turned out to be a porcupine, stripping all the bark off the tree.
Ironhold over 4 years ago
I live in Central Texas, just west of Fort Hood.
The construction of several recent housing developments has resulted in more animals coming into residential areas and places on the outskirts. They’re especially active at night, which is when I do my rounds as a newspaper courier in addition to my other duties at the paper.
Thus far, I’ve seen stray cats, stray dogs, deer (entire neighborhoods are overtaken after dark), possums, snakes, raccoons, skunks, tarantulas, bats, foxes, frogs, and at least one cow.