Trying to remember (sorry, but only getting less than 6-hrs. sleep for a long time now, thanks to next door neighbor's roosters anywhere from 50-Ft. or more to 30-Ft. or more from all available beds & couches, all mornings long & nearly 10-hrs. a day) all the recent animals suddenly appearing to me, live in Ag. & unincorporated area. Sorry, for no attached PICs, but I do not own a cellphone or carry a camera with me. Maybe that the reason the wild, Indigenous (are Coyotes indigenous to our area) wildlife is so trusting & ?Interested? of me; so close, it is crazy at times.
1st. The most memorial interactions with Possums, was many years ago, when I caught the greatest Being I have ever known (I know, I have posted I do not do this much any more, but it is just so true)/a dog carrying a wild, indigenous & adult (biggest i have ever seen) possum around in his mouth, early afternoon, when I got mad & looked at the dying adult, found a whole litter (or whatever the term is) of baby possums. I got them to the closest (30-minutes away by truck I drove/edge of natural wildlife park) wildlife rescuer, they took them all. The mother ended-up dying & the babies all survived & when old enough put into the natural wildlife park.
Sadly this just before neighborhood trees decreased drastically (after built back-up to not enough, but more, after hurricane), while our properties being one of few of the entire Ag. & unincorporated area, not just our neighborhood-Ave. that actually increased the amount of trees. One next door neighbor took down a ton of trees, just a couple or more years ago, having to move-out 9-sepearte Bee hives. The father even was talking to me about amazing it was, had a professional do it (though for previous owners never a problem). We cannot get bees to live in our trees tired, though do eat & etc. from them. No doubt this effects Possums & rumors wild, ?indigenous? pack of coyotes are hanging out at night (the dog I care for, barks like crazy outside to use restroom, at night). Raptors population fell-off, even though increase in the local, natural, national & wildlife park's birds over recent years (not a good sign).
2nd. About 2-weeks or more ago, I was walking the dogs (I care for) past our property gate & fence, just after it connecting to the gate the fence is covered with 'Morning Glory' (hope it is Indigenous to our area), iI turned around, fo some reason & caught a wild, indigenous & adult Possum walking past the inside of the gate. They are extremely rare to see, especially, since this is just born 12pm).
3rd. About a week or more ago, I was turning around, to dump food scrapes that the worms cannot compost underneath the mangoes trees, when my flash light fell upon a wild & indigenous adult Screech Owl sitting, maybe 5-ft. or less from me & on the tumbling 'Wizard Jr.' composter & just looking right at me/through the flash light for a long time (the whole family for years has been friendly with me, started when I started walking my hunting cat outside & they had yet felt safe & sent out members follow him/us around as we walked around the outside of the house & under all the trees). The whole family & I become comfortable with each other, silent makes then suddenly surprising many times, so much so becoming less shocking.
4th. This past Sunday, I was walking around again, to do the dumping of the food scrapes the worms cannot eat, & saw a wild & indigenous & adult & full-healthy rabbit, I assume either eating the grass or drinking out of the on ground bird-bath, because it was in grass & before the bird-bath. I love seeing wild & indigenous wildlife, so using my flashlight I was following it, while I walk a lot farther & back, it just hung-out in that general area. Though I was worried about letting the dogs I care for out, so I went out with them, but no longer could find the rabbit. Depending upon the year, we do see a lot of rabbits,
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5th. Just today, around 10am something I was maintaining (trying get it spread & fill-in holes in it) the previously mention 'Morning Glory', with the super well behaved dogs (I care about) were sitting & quietly for treats (only feet away), when a wild, ?Indigenous? (believe it is, most are here), adult & large Hummingbird flew up at my eye level (I am about 6' tall) from the other side of The 'Morning Glory' vine (mere inches from my face), froze for secs./hovering, as they do, turned around & disappeared. We see a lot of Hummingbirds, but talk about once in life-time experience, at least for this household.