Karen, did the posse follow up with a "clean-up" crew? Your cow photos and Michele's turkey visitors are just too funny!

We're in suburban SE Michigan but still have occasional deer sightings (one ate about 1/4 of a young ornamental pear tree in our yard about 6 years ago - glad to report the tree is now thriving). When we first moved into this new condo in '98 there was a red fox in the development but it has disappeared. There is a storm water detention pond behind us. Our first summer here it was full of tree frogs and bullfrogs. The tree frogs would start their noise just before sunset and stop somewhere around 1 or 2 am. By 3 am the bullfrogs were awake and making their much deeper toned sounds. By our second summer the frog population was well down. Great Blue Herons nest nearby and visit regularly. Now that the frogs are gone the herons are eating goldfish and crayfish. (Someone's grandchildren brought some minnows over that first summer.)

We also have squirrels, possums, racoons, rabbits & skunks. I didn't know previously that Georgia doesn't have skunks. We constantly have signs of their digging in the soft earth of our landscaped areas as they look for bugs. Of course, it's what they do when frightened or hit by a car that makes the skunks so unwelcome.

The pond provides the most wildlife activity for us to watch in our yard. In addition to the herons there are always Mallard Ducks and Canadian Geese. We've seen the occasional Kingfisher. And last, but certainly not least, are the mink that seem to live or at least travel in the storm water drains and the smaller drains that run underground from our gutter downspouts to the pond. In 2004 a litter of 5 were often spotted.