Did not see a thread for shots of wild animals seen in our gardens/yards so I thought I'd start one.

Had this dinosaur ramble through the yard yesterday...





Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Biggest one I've ever seen. This has got to be an OLD turtle.

Wow....he's huge! Saw some that size in Chincoteague...they looked like subs coming up to the surface. My son lives near a lake & 2 ponds, & he has snappers coming into his garden to lay eggs....not that size though!

I have a Cooper's hawk visiting my yard every other day or so....he's scaring all my songbirds!

Had a Broad-winged Hawk in my area a couple days ago. Don't see them nearly as often as Red-tailed Hawks.

Red tails are the big fellows around here.....see them once in awhile....also see other hawks that I can't identify.....I live on a hill above a river, so the hawks like to kettle here....

Lots of these little guys all over my house and deck


Next to my sunroom.. in the bed there

I have heard a few tree frogs, but haven't spotted them...saw an unusual frog/toad ?yesterday....looked like it had camouflage paint on it!

Not many frogs or toads here even though I don't use pesticides.

Saw that critter down behind the dam near a brook......have seen a few toads in my garden, not too many.....

We have lots of tree frogs.. lul me to sleep when the windows are open

They are chirpy, for sure!

I had a toad last week, Lucy and Domenic played with it for a while and left it in the fairy garden but I haven't seen it since...
Saw to baby bunnies just tonight, they thought they were hiding in the middle of the lawn hopefully Winston doesn't find them

Ugh .. yeah hiding there.. not so great

I know.....can't believe the bunny thinks my yard is a safe place after Nicki has chased her/him a dozen times!And the chippies....and the squirrels.....

Well...if Nicki has not caught them yet then perhaps it IS safe?

She's getting closer! And sneakier!

These guys might be familiar to some of you. I used to accidentally dig them up all the time in my friend's yard when I was a kid. Yellow-spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum).

Out in western Massachusetts where I go to school, they just had their spring migration. I helped a bit with tallying numbers and helping the lil guys cross a road. Aren't they just adorable

Way cool!

Very neat .. never saw any here

Really cool! I've never seen them here either.