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In reply to the discussion: What are some of the coolest animals you've seen in the wild? [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,534 posts)57. We've had up to 50 wild parrots in our yard.
Here in San Diego, near the border. They're green with red heads and squawk early in the a.m. so it sounds like a rainforest.
At my old house we had California grey foxes that can climb - they would catch mice on our roof, and I have a photo of one standing on a 7 foot fence.
Also love watching raccoons and skunks. Once saw a mother skunk bring all her babies into our yard. They surrounded my startled cat and were literally turning somersaults, playing like kittens. Thank goodness the cat had enough sense to leave them alone.
Unlike our dog, who managed to get herself sprayed the only time she encountered a striped intruder.
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Mountain goats in Lake Louise. Saw a bear in the woods of Quebec as a kid. Saw a moose on a canoe
applegrove
Apr 2012
#5
Saw a blue whale when we were burying my dad at sea (that's what all the whale watching
Flaxbee
Apr 2012
#6
When I was in Central America, I opened my big shutter window, and a guy had a three
crunch60
Apr 2012
#8
you can see bald eagles every day in winter breeding season in southeast louisiana
pitohui
Apr 2012
#88
We have a family of pileated woodpeckers in our backyard. They had a baby last year
GOPonziconz
Apr 2012
#80
I saw about five of these in a tree in Costa Rica one time ... Quetzal birds:
Arugula Latte
Apr 2012
#41
I like animals that cross that line and begin to accept you as part of the landscape.
Baitball Blogger
Apr 2012
#46
Big red kangaroos in full flight...just amazing...and so seemingly effortless
SwissTony
Apr 2012
#70
I saw a Kori Bustard in Namibia. It made me think of a pteroactyl and it's the largest flying bird
GOPonziconz
Apr 2012
#78