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Old 08-26-2016, 04:25 AM
 
Location: SW Florida
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Saw a gaggle of brood sows pushing their young along Straight Path last week.
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Old 08-26-2016, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Inis Fada
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There are rats in your LI neighborhoods?
Yes. There are rats. People don't like talking about it. They're not as brazen nor as large as their NYC cousins.

Years back, someone developed a vacant lot down the hill from my home. Everyone on my street had rats in their wood piles following that. One neighbor's garage housed his organic lawn business supplies -- they got into that. They got into my shed and shredded bags of grass seed. It was a mess and the impetus behind rescuing my first Jack Russell Terrier.
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Old 08-26-2016, 10:39 AM
 
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There are rats in your LI neighborhoods?
Yes, there are rats. And they are just as indestructible, large, and brazen as the ones in the city. Don't ask me how I know.

They like Long Island Pizza too
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Old 08-26-2016, 10:41 AM
 
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Also, the rat population got displaced after Hurricane Sandy and we too, have the ones with the strong genes for survival.
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Old 08-26-2016, 11:57 AM
 
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Maybe it's time to reintroduce the timber rattlesnake in LI for containing the rat population. That said, the county legislature seems to be full of snakes and rats anyway. LOL!


Upstate, I saw families of wild turkeys, hummingbirds, hawks and trout.
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Old 08-26-2016, 12:37 PM
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There have been unconfirmed reports of rattlesnakes in the pine barrens.
Officials will not confirm nor deny these sightings.
Probably afraid of a public panic.
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Old 08-26-2016, 12:45 PM
 
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Box turtles
Salamanders
Cooper's hawk
Crows
Various woodpeckers
Blue jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Titmice
Nuthatches
Wrens
Various warblers
Orioles
Grackles
Starlings
Cowbirds
Various sparrows
Robins
Brown thrashers
Catbirds
Mockingbirds
Doves
Pheasants
Turkeys
Vulture
Deer
Chipmunks
Squirrels
Bunnies
Possums
Raccoons

I'm pretty sure I forgot a few things.
Also, we HEAR spring peepers but never see them.
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Old 08-26-2016, 01:19 PM
 
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Hi,

We must be in spider season.... this nice one was in our backyard the other day... it made a really nice web... and I hope it caught lots of mosquitoes! :-)

Mineola.

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Old 08-26-2016, 04:56 PM
 
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Parrots
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Old 08-26-2016, 06:59 PM
 
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I've never seen wild Turkeys (hiccup) on Long Island, just in Westchester where they are abundant. Do we have vultures here or just turkey vultures?
Plenty of eastern cotton tail rabbits and chipmunks
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