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Old 05-01-2010, 10:23 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Mainly animals. (pictures encouraged)
What kinds of animals are in your area/state?

Any interesting animals the average person wouldn't imagine to be in your area?
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Old 05-03-2010, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Orlando
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Alligators
Armadillos
Tourists
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:37 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Cardinals and Wildcats, lol (I think the animals are tamer than the sports fans they represent)

Right around Lexington...

Whitetail Deer, Turkey Vultures, Blue Heron, etc

Further south & east... add Black Bears and Elk
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Old 05-04-2010, 08:51 AM
 
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In Central FL, I've seen: Alligators, Manatees, Otters, Bald eagles, White tail deer, Black Bears, Wild Boars, Armadillos, Bob cats, Turkey, Foxes, Tortoises, Muskrats, Sealife including Sharks, Sting rays, Dolphins, lots of snakes including Corals, and Rattlers.
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Old 05-04-2010, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Not much...pigeons, squirrels, various birds.
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:20 AM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Here in NJ

Big Mammals
-Deer
-Black Bear
-Horses (yes, there's wild horses in Island Beach State Park )
-Coyotes
-Wolves (Lakota Wolf Preserve)

Small Mammals
-Rabbits
-Squirrels
-Chipmunks
-Groundhogs
-Raccons
-Skunks
-Foxes

Water Mammals
-Dolphins (even in the Hackensack river sometimes!)
-Seals

Birds
-A lot
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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^^Do you have deer near the neighborhoods where you live? I know on Long Island, you have to go at least 60 miles away from the city in order to see deer. But even so, the deer are really only in the parks even that far from the city.
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:32 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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^^Do you have deer near the neighborhoods where you live? I know on Long Island, you have to go at least 60 miles away from the city in order to see deer. But even so, the deer are really only in the parks even that far from the city.
They might be there and you don't see them, Rachael....but maybe not.

In the town in which I grew up, we never, ever saw deer, foxes, coyotes. I would find turtles in our back yard and a couple snakes. Then they developed the land next to our house and no more turtles - they must have killed their habitat. But that was decades ago.

In the last 10 years, they started developing more undeveloped land in our town. All of a sudden, we see deer all over the place. It turns out they were there all along, but they had enough woods to remain hidden. Now, their home is so small that when they roam they have to go out into the neighborhood. Same with the foxes and coyotes.

So, sometimes the animals are there but if they have enough room to have a home they stay hidden until something forces them out. The sad thing about it is that by seeing deer now, even though it makes the area seem more country-like, it's actually a sign that they are being squeezed out by development and won't be around much longer.
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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^^Nah, there's definitely no deer here, lol. The houses are on top of one another here. There's no room for deer to go.
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:39 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Here in NJ

Big Mammals
-Deer
-Black Bear
-Horses (yes, there's wild horses in Island Beach State Park )
-Coyotes
-Wolves (Lakota Wolf Preserve)

Small Mammals
-Rabbits
-Squirrels
-Chipmunks
-Groundhogs
-Raccons
-Skunks
-Foxes

Water Mammals
-Dolphins (even in the Hackensack river sometimes!)
-Seals

Birds
-A lot
Good list. I'll add whales (six species!), possums, bats, and even bobcats...

Some of the birds we see commonly in NJ:
Sparrow
Goldfinch
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Grackle
Woodpeckers
Robin
Crow
Hawks (Red tail is common)
Bald Eagle
Vultures (Turkey and Black mostly)
Owls
...and of course, Sea Gulls
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