What animals are native to your area?

[Ranger]

Not your country, just the area in which you live. (Just out of curiousity)

I'll start:

Rainbow Lorikeet (messy little fella's they are):
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/images4/scaly3.jpg
Noisy miner:
http://fotofocus.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc_73041.jpg
Brushtail possum:
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/faunapermits/images/116560.jpg

Eastern Rosella:
http://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/images/Birds/EasternRosella2.jpg

and of course, the Australian Pelican:
http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/1572/3920/t/13204-Australian-Pelican-0.jpg

Post away!

[Mark]

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Red Squirrel. Quite endangered these days.

It's arguable what species are actually 'native' to the UK. It depends how far back you look. Around 10,000 years ago the majority of the UK was covered in an ice-sheet, where very few animals lived, and certainly none that are here now. All our wildlife population, and humans! have therefore colonised the British Isles since that time so can all be traced back to somewhere else.

[Les]

had a beautiful deer cross the road in front of me this morning.

[turves]

Chavs :laugh:

[schmenke]

Sister in-law :mark:

[Easy Drifter]

Skunks, porcupines, 3 types of squirrels, groundhogs, deer, moose, black bear, coyote, timber wolf, Massassaga Rattler and several harmless snake species, bobcat, cougar, (MNR says no but too many sitings plus DNR on scat says yes) many species of owls, bald eagle, turkey vulture and numerous other bird species including several hawks, Canada geese, swans including Trumpeter and umpteen duck species. Wild Turkey are a reintroduction but they were native.
MNR also say there are no Timber Wolves this far south. Trouble is I have seen 3 and often hear them. I do know the difference between a coyote and a timber wolf.
If you talk to any of the older MNR officers that have lived up here they disagree with the official line on the Cougars and Wolves. The young ones who are all college grads, usually from the city toe the party line.

[Firstgear]

My list would be very similar to yours Easy Drifter. Add beaver, racoon, painted & snapping turtle (which I assume you have in your area as well), some type of heron, remove the swan, and replace the rattler with a garter snake. Other than the moose, wolf & cougar, I've seen all of those at the cottage in the last year or two - but I know they're around. A cougar was photographed close to my cottage just last week. I'd include bison, but they're all on the farms.

[Hazell B]

Frogs, herrons, assorted birds of prey, mice and all three types of sparrows are daily sightings for me, along with signs of deer, stoats, foxes, badgers, etc that visit when I'm not there. And that's on just 2 1/2 acres!

I'm building dry and wet stone walls this year for the stoats. The cat keep eating them (hard nut, that cat) so I figured I'd best make sure they had stronger places he couldn't reach them in. I like stoats :)

[donKey jote]

only donkeys in my immediate area :dozey:
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_166.gif

[Easy Drifter]

First Gear: Yes, I just missed those. We also have the Great Blue Heron and the small Green Heron.
If we get into fish small & largemouth bass, perch. walleye, salmon, trout (lake, rainbow, brown and specs), Catfish, pike, gar pike, sturgeon, whitefish, and Muskie, sometimes referred to sarcastically as freshwater sharks. They have been known to attack humans and grow in excess of 50 lbs. Many other small species of minnows darters etc.
There are a couple of small herds of wood bison about 50/60 miles away.

[Eki]

Mammals:

Red Squirrel:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Eichh%C3%B6rnchen_D%C3%BCsseldorf_Hofgarten_edit.j pg/250px-Eichh%C3%B6rnchen_D%C3%BCsseldorf_Hofgarten_edit.j pg

European Hare:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Feldhase.jpg/250px-Feldhase.jpg

Birds:

Magpie (this one's for Schmenke):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Sroka_Pica_Pica_II.jpg/250px-Sroka_Pica_Pica_II.jpg

Jackdaw:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Dohle_%28Corvus_monedula%29_d1.jpg/250px-Dohle_%28Corvus_monedula%29_d1.jpg

Crow:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Corvus_corone_cornix_001xx.jpg/250px-Corvus_corone_cornix_001xx.jpg

[LotusElise]

I haven't seen much wildlife where I live now, apart from a magpie that roosts outside my window, and starlings.

There is a small population of peregrine falcons that lives in the city centre though.

There are lots of birds and animals where I grew up - rabbits, lots of species of duck, stoats, polecats, muntjac and fallow deer, and bats.

[Easy Drifter]

Forgot the red fox. :dozey:

[veeten]

tourists. :p :

[Easy Drifter]

But Veeten, tourists are an introduced species, not native. :p :

I also forgot Opposum, weasel (4 legged), otter and mink.

[janvanvurpa]

Bear within 5 km of where I sit in South Seattle, deer, elk, marmots, salmon, puma or mountain lion or cougar, eagles, and just a little ways away in the mountains there are jackalopes
http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/upload/2006/07/jackalope.jpg

And in the high alpine streams and frozen lakes there are the seldom seen fur-bearing trout:
http://www.jackalopejunction.com/Fur_Bearing_Tr/IMAG0001.JPG

But alas no donkeys!

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Jon Browns. It is believed that they are the missing link between Human's and the great apes!

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/147/15/724895947/n724895947_997263_9644.jpg

[leopard]

open smile, have you been paid this morning? Happy weekend :)

[Camelopard]

On the major roads around our place, lots of dead kangaroos! It would be nice if the local gov department collected the carcases and disposed of them rather than leaving them to rot and be eaten by foxes and the like. Tis a really bad smell in hot weather! If you hit one and it is dead you are meant to check to see if it is a female and see if it has any joeys in the pouch and call the local wildlife people.

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/live/environment/local_wildlife/kangaroo_information/kangarooscrossroads

[Drew]

The beast of Dartmoor!
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/beast_dart.htm

[Knocker69]

This little guy wandered into my front yard this past summer:

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/DSC00051.jpghttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/3daf83ff.jpghttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/DSC000551.jpg

[raybak]

Came across a whole family of Emu's last Thursday. Lucky not to hit them in the rally car.

Ray

[Eki]

This little guy wandered into my front yard this past summer:

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/DSC00051.jpghttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/3daf83ff.jpghttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g20/nbrochu/Misc/DSC000551.jpg
Cool

[veeten]

sorta reminds me of... this guy. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrB7lFvlL-8 :D

[jso1985]

Rattlesnakes
The spectacled bear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_Bear
SouthAmerican cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy%27s_Cat
Pampas Fox
and some variety of human-like idiots who actually elected thei own president Evo Morales lately :p

[Mark in Oshawa]

Forgot the red fox. :dozey:

Drifter. I was living just to the east of you for the last year before moving back to Oshawa and I can tell you HOW COULD YOU NOT put the damn fox up there. I would drive the Monck Road west to Rama at night and never fail to see about 2 or 3.

Also have seen more bear activity for sure. As for Cougars...we can only hope...and the 2 legged version of the Cougar is always a welcome sight right?

As for Ministry of Natural Resouces denying that Cougars are in Ontario, they don't want to admit to them being here in the same way they try to downplay we are up to our ears in bears since the spring bear hunt was cancelled. Just wait until a cougar is not only confirmed but actually makes a kill on someone's livesstock or god forbid...a Hiker.

[ioan]

Where I live now it's only concrete for many km's so only: pigeons, rats and a few other very small mammals.

Where I was born and used to live the list is way longer:

Bears (Ursus arctos)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Ours_brun_parcanimalierpyrenees_1.jpg
Wolves (Canis lupus)
http://www.zalmoxisaventura.com/images/images%20Romania/lup%201.jpg
Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/R%C3%B8d_r%C3%A6v_%28Vulpes_vulpes%29.jpg
Wild cats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Wildkatze_002.jpg
Lynx (Lynx lynx)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Lynx_lynx2.jpg/250px-Lynx_lynx2.jpg

Deers, rabbits and other small wild animals ones + the usual european birds.

Plus cats and dogs and nowadays lots of stray dogs and cats.

[Easy Drifter]

Yes, missing the fox was quite an oversight. I know the Monk road well.
Also the area around Lake Dalrymple. When we had our stumping business often worked that area.
We had a bear wandering around in town 2 weeks ago. What he/she was doing out this late is a puzzle.
By the way have you ever eaten at Captain's Restuarant at the Kawartha Lakes Inn in Lindsay? Great food and reasonable. Jambalya to die for and Thai dishes also great. Pretty well everything is good. Very extensive menu. You can check it out online through the Kawartha Lakes Inn website. Good breakfasts too and open at 7 so can eat and get to track in good time.
I stay in Lindsay when I go to Mosport. Usually at the Linsay Inn. Avoid the Bonfire Rest. It moved off of 35 onto 7 at the Admiral Inn and changed hands. Limited menu and poor food plus pricey. The Admiral is also pricey and run down. You are too close to home to stay in Lindsay I expect.
I now eat very little meat other than Elk, Venison and Buffalo. There is a game farm just outside of Coldwater on Upper Big Chute road. Very flavourful and practically no fat. They have Boar, duck and geese and several different fish, all frozen. There is also a trout farm just down the road. Catch your own or buy.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Yes, missing the fox was quite an oversight. I know the Monk road well.
Also the area around Lake Dalrymple. When we had our stumping business often worked that area.
We had a bear wandering around in town 2 weeks ago. What he/she was doing out this late is a puzzle.
By the way have you ever eaten at Captain's Restuarant at the Kawartha Lakes Inn in Lindsay? Great food and reasonable. Jambalya to die for and Thai dishes also great. Pretty well everything is good. Very extensive menu. You can check it out online through the Kawartha Lakes Inn website. Good breakfasts too and open at 7 so can eat and get to track in good time.
I stay in Lindsay when I go to Mosport. Usually at the Linsay Inn. Avoid the Bonfire Rest. It moved off of 35 onto 7 at the Admiral Inn and changed hands. Limited menu and poor food plus pricey. The Admiral is also pricey and run down. You are too close to home to stay in Lindsay I expect.
I now eat very little meat other than Elk, Venison and Buffalo. There is a game farm just outside of Coldwater on Upper Big Chute road. Very flavourful and practically no fat. They have Boar, duck and geese and several different fish, all frozen. There is also a trout farm just down the road. Catch your own or buy.

I know about a elk/deer farm off of 93. Didn't know about the one near Coldwater.

As for eating in and around Lindsay and area, I agree on the Bonfire being a waste of time. We always eat Breakfast at the Durham if we are in town. As for dinners in the area, one of the best restaurants I can think of is the Lakehouse in Fenelon Falls. Very good ribs and burgers but they are NOT a fast food place. Nice decor and every item on the menu is of top quality fresh ingriedients. As for Elk and all that stuff.....well if I could afford to eat it and had someone around the house besides me willing to try it, I would likely give it a go.

We Canadians are really fortunate in the wildlife available to us for both to view...and eat!

[Easy Drifter]

Universal Game Farm. 4 x 6 oz burgers $7.00. 4 big sausage $8.00. Large half price freezer. They have steaks, ribs and roasts but they are a little more pricey unless in discount freezer. Discount for bulk. I will buy the steaks but roasts and ribs too large for me.
Heck, game is not like trying rattlesnake or squid etc.
BBQ burgers or sausage and don't tell them until they take a bite. They will really enjoy them.
Captain's has regular restuarant food including burgers as well as the more exotic. I just haven't tried them as I enjoy the offbeat foods. Also has an attached Sports Bar.

[schmenke]

...and the 2 legged version of the Cougar is always a welcome sight right?...

:laugh:




:erm: not always...

[Easy Drifter]

Then there is beaver.
Beaver tails are an Ottawa area food specialty. Mind out of the gutter please. I am not kidding. Look it up in an current encyclopedia. :D

[Mark in Oshawa]

Drifter...I have had the Beaver tail. You better clairfy tho what that really is because someone will think people eat Beavers of the four legged variety and from that I have been told...they aint that edibile!!

[Easy Drifter]

I wanted them to look it up but OK.
Basically it is usually a flat doughnut deep fried and normally with topping including icing sugar or jam or whatever. It can be baked but normally deep fried.
I have eaten Beaver. Not a favourite though ( keep it clean folks). I have had most game at one time or other, including moose, reindeer, and bear.

[schmenke]

I wanted them to look it up but OK.
Basically it is usually a flat doughnut deep fried and normally with topping including icing sugar or jam or whatever. It can be baked but normally deep fried...

I've had the Newfie version called a "toutan" (sp?).

[Easy Drifter]

What is an old western name for doughnuts (donuts)?
No it is not 'Timmy's', which will confuse anyone who is not Cdn. or spent time here.
And who was the founder of 'Timmy's', which is not the real name of the Co.
I played one game against him. :eek:

[schmenke]

...I played one game against him. :eek:

You're dating yourself ;)

Isn't Timmy's now owned by the Wendy's franchise?

[Easy Drifter]

I don't mind admitting I am an old f--t. Bobby Baun's slightly younger sister, Joyce, was in my class.
Bobby often bowled in the same bowling alley as I did and I did play hockey against him several times. Heaviest shot I ever faced. Not fastest just heaviest.
He was a fearsome bowler. Tremendous speed and pins often landed 2 or 3 alleys over. Those were the days of pin boys and they were terrified. Once saw a ball come back out onto the alley!
I think you are right about Wendy's. I prefer Country Style coffee though.

[Daniel]

Well I just heard and saw a fox howling out the front of our house :) One of the advantages of living in a village! :D

[The instant classic]

see where i live we have animals like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evCj25UtfLM