I had one in bed with me, 20 years ago in Wisconsin. Was sleeping on the floor in my mom’s room, felt something weird on my leg at 3 am, lifted the sheet and out flew a bat. Wound up calling the nonemegency police who came and got it out in a pillow case. It’s just as well I didn’t know how easy and horrible it is to get rabies or I’d have really freaked out. Never got a good look at it though.

I had to Google kiskadee. Nice to see some animals in a different part of the world from me.

I shared my deer pics below. We also get some squirrels and juncos but not much else.

I read it! I think it’s great that you appreciate what you see enough to write all that. There’s a market for nature essays, after all.

You need a roommate? I would love that life.

This is so lovely, I had a zen experience just reading it. Thank you for sharing.

There’s a roadkill skunk up the street and it’s all I can smell right now. I never get to see the living ones, but it’s probably best for them to be hidden.

It’s extremely cool.

I am jealous of all your birds. We occasionally get black vultures.

Ooh, I’ve never seen a fox in the wild, let alone a melanistic one.

It can be anything you see in your neighborhood.

My neighbor moved out because she’s terrified of snakes and a harmless one got in her house. I love snakes but I haven’t seen one in the 4 years I’ve lived here.

I can see bats flying around my street, but not close enough to tell if they’re ugly or cute.

I have a small yard on the edge of a wooded area. We regularly get deer grazing just twenty feet from where I’m sitting. Occasionally we get groundhogs but I don’t have a good photo.