I see bears, deer, turkey, coyotes on a regular basis and a bobcat and feral hog occasionally. Just picked up the gray for two weeks so probably won’t see any while they’re here 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Our neighbors, a 95-year-old couple, live across the road from a marsh. Their front yard is riddled with gopher holes. A grey heron has been visiting the yard daily to pluck a gopher out of its hole (or at least to try). Swallows them hole. I’ve seen it a couple of times. I always assumed herons ate only fish, but learned they also eat snakes and small rodents.
I envy you-I live in a ranch-land development built in 1960 with all these ranches that are exactly alike-three varieties, small, medium, and large!
We have a medium one. Quarter acre. But we put a nice fence all around us, and my wife turned it into a little paradise that I love.
The neighborhood is dead quiet at night, and sometimes when I am out late, I can faintly hear the train horn about five miles away, then at midnight, I hear the distant tolling of the Clock Tower in our downtown, 12 chimes for midnight.
I’ll bet you don’t have nearly the light noise where you are, either. I love looking at the night sky, but there is a lot of light. It is awesome to see the Milky Way.
Well...speaking of wildlife, I DO hear a large pack of coyotes nearby just now. They are making a fearful racket.