South Louisiana critters:
No we don't have gators roaming our lawns - that's Florida! (just kidding Sunshine State friends!)I do drive a tractor, though - Kubota (2 actually - his & hers - his is bigger, of course, but mine has more stuff on it: front-end loader, excavator, belly mower - I had to remove the roll bar, though, because Bubba was afraid I'd get jammed under a live oak branch!).
WE live on 10 acres in the middle of Baton Rouge & we have red foxes, raccoons, possums, owls, egrets (they all love koi, unfortunately!), hawks, Canadian geese (they love our lakes), an occasional snake (king snakes ok, moccasins, not), lots of birds (cardinals, jays, robins, woodpeckers,doves, etc), and a plethora of squirrels who dance through the canopy of oaks like trapeze artists, while scheming on how to break into your attic. One part of town that I grew up in has blonde squirrels, actually albinos with pink eyes - really cool!
We used to have horses & a longhorn steer 2 doors down, but they relocated. I used to see armadillos when I was growing up, but haven't seen many in recent years. I guess they're a little slow on road crossing!
We had standard poodles for years, who are excellent in keeping wildlife at bay - they tag team & attack - very smart dogs - FYI!
I'd love to have some exotic chickens, sheep, miniature horses, etc., but that's just something else to be taken care of when I travel (which is becoming more frequent)!
I'm still working on getting the last 2 kids out of the house!
:)
Peggy