Backyard Animals

[ella2025]

So many animals roam my 2 acre lot. We have a camera that records motion and we see interesting stuff every day. This thread is to keep track of and share all the animals. Feel free to post some interesting pictures of your backyard creatures if you have some!

First, here is a gang of raccoons.

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

that's cool! we had racoons a few times, unfortunately we had to shoot them though because they we a threat to our hens.

 

[ella2025]

that's cool! we had racoons a few times, unfortunately we had to shoot them though because they we a threat to our hens.

I'm definitely aware they are extremely dangerous to chickens, and unfortunately I'm not allowed to shoot them here. For now all I can do is watch their videos.

 

[ella2025]

Here's another animal I saw last night - a strangely long and big cat - I'm sure it's either a lost or a stray cat because it doesn't have a bobbed tail which our bobcats here have.

 

[ella2025]

Last night we saw 2 deer. It looks like a baby and a mama but what deer would have a baby at this time of year?

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

We have one stray cat near our house, it's never taken our chickens before though. What kind of deer do you have where you live?

 

[ella2025]

We have one stray cat near our house, it's never taken our chickens before though. What kind of deer do you have where you live?

I'm actually not sure. I've never seen them in daylight outside of the forest. But I'm in New England.

 

[ella2025]

We have one stray cat near our house, it's never taken our chickens before though. What kind of deer do you have where you live?

Theres a lost cat that comes to our yard once every 3-4 nights. We have so many voles, maybe that's why. We've been trying to catch it for a month now but the voles are eating all the food in the trap