Wildlife/Feral Animals in your city

[jd3189]

Whether it’s rats and pigeons in NYC, coyotes in LA, or chickens running around Key West and Miami, or even just the regular stray cat or raccoon, what are some of the animals that have adapted to your city and have now called it home?

To start, I’ve noticed that pigeons exist in almost every major city. Apparently they can do well since they usually perch on tall buildings, similar to their natural home on seaside cliffs. They have adapted to eat human food and deal with toxins found in water sources.

[Steely Dan]

My neighborhood on the Northside of Chicago has more bunnies than we know what to do with.

We need more foxes.

We also have copious amounts of the usual urban triumvirate of rats/pigeons/squirrels, along with legions of songbirds.

And an occasional racoon/skunk/possum.

I once spied several coyotes along the lake in Lincoln park.

And deer can sometimes be spotted walking down side streets in the early morning hours.

[galleyfox]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

My neighborhood on the Northside of Chicago has more bunnies than we know what to do with.

We need more foxes.

We also have copious amounts of the usual urban triumvirate of rats/pigeons/squirrels, along with legions of songbirds.

And an occasional racoon/skunk/possum.

I once spied several coyotes along the lake in Lincoln park.

And deer can sometimes be spotted walking down side streets in the early morning hours.

The suburbs were chasing an escaped bison around for the past 8 months, so if a wild herd ever found their way to Chicago, they could probably make a living.

American Buffalo Seen Roaming Chicago Suburbs – Again

A buffalo named "Tyson the Bison" escaped in September and has been spotted several times since
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...n/2797243/?amp

[Yuri]

Capybaras, between the polluted Pinheiros River, a commute railway and a 7-lane freeway:

[proghousehead]

Originally Posted by Yuri

Capybaras, between the polluted Pinheiros River, a commute railway and a 7-lane freeway:

Any monkeys out there? Caimans? Jaguars? Fascinated with the Amazon jungle - curious as to what wildlife makes it way to the cities. Peccaries?

[MAC123]

^ Jaguars are solitary stealth hunters. They'll avoid big centers of noise, people etc when they can. Though it's not impossible that one might wander into a city.

As for me, where I live in NA you won't usually see anything in the city. Maybe trash pandas, rats, lots of feral cats etc. But if you go a little out, coyotes, wolf's (maybe), bears, maybe even mountain lions can be found. ( Though mountain lions around here are especially rare.)

[AviationGuy]

Due largely to the woods, rivers, and creeks around here, there's a lot of wildlife within the city itself. I'm 4-5 miles from downtown in an area built 60-70 years ago, and we routinely see a lot of wildlife in our yards (especially back yards). Just across the Mopac Expwy, where the elevation increases abruptly to a completely different geography, there are a lot more deer, but down lower where I live, we see the other things like coyotes, especially near creeks. Recently, there have been reports of porcupines in the city, which is new to me. I've had raccoons in my attic, as have most of my neighbors, so we've had to do some work to keep them out. Probably my favorite wild animal is the opossum, which carries its babies around on its back. It's really ugly but cute at the same time. I don't know if mountain lions have been reported in the city, although definitely west and southwest of the city.

[Yuri]

Originally Posted by proghousehead

Any monkeys out there? Caimans? Jaguars? Fascinated with the Amazon jungle - curious as to what wildlife makes it way to the cities. Peccaries?

Brazilian cities are much denser than American, so big wildlife in urban areas are way more rare.

Monkeys, on the other hand, might be found on the outskirts or green areas. Caimans are much more rare, but they might make appearances on urban park lakes.

Jaguars are more solitary, but anacondas, cougars and peccaries appear in city outskirts.

And of course for birds, it's way easier. Pretty much all Brazilian bird diversity can also be spotted on urban areas as well.

[McBane]

Originally Posted by Yuri

Capybaras, between the polluted Pinheiros River, a commute railway and a 7-lane freeway:

Cool but where is this? Does everyone know but me?

[bobdreamz]

Dolphins in Miami's Biscayne Bay :


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[Acajack]

Originally Posted by McBane

Cool but where is this? Does everyone know but me?

I don't know how nice they are but capybaras look adorable!

[suburbanite]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I don't know how nice they are but capybaras look adorable!

The most chill of all the giant rodents:



https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/c...imal_on_earth/

[IMBY]

Here in Tucson, we have rattle snakes, coyotes and javelina's. I live in a mobile home park in Midtown and they come into the community and knock out the skirting of the trailers and make their homes there. No matter how big they are, they can squeeze their bodies into the shape of a concrete cinder block, it's amazing to see.

I see them, sometimes at night, walking my ferret, and ferret's being fearless, my ferret chases after Javelina's and they run.

[Yuri]

Originally Posted by McBane

Cool but where is this? Does everyone know but me?

It's São Paulo.

Originally Posted by Acajack

I don't know how nice they are but capybaras look adorable!

They are, and they are also incredibly friendly. They don't care about humans and other animals. Everybody's friends.

[ocman]

Originally Posted by Yuri

Capybaras, between the polluted Pinheiros River, a commute railway and a 7-lane freeway:

Fresno California has an invasive species similar to this. But instead of cute, they’re generally scary and disgusting. Called the Nutria. They’re invading Virginia too.

[AviationGuy]

Like JManc, I feed the wildlife on my property, and provide water. I have bird feeders that attract many types of birds (we're on a migration route) that my cats love to watch.

My cats are indoor-only. One of them has a squirrel buddy who comes to the back door every morning to play hide and seek with my cat. It's hilarious.

I love all kinds of bugs, spiders, bees, etc. There's some kind of wasp looking insect that follows me around the yard when I'm watering. Sometimes there will be a half dozen of them seeking the water, especially as we're in such a dry spell. Early this evening, I had my sprinkler going in the front yard, and a hummingbird kept flying through the drops from the sprinkler, I guess to get a drink. Even though we had two very good rains earlier in the month, the extreme temperatures have dried up everything and I feel sorry for all the wildlife that must be thirsty.

[bobdreamz]

Capybaras crossing a Urban road somewhere :

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[Yuri]

Originally Posted by ocman

Fresno California has an invasive species similar to this. But instead of cute, they’re generally scary and disgusting. Called the Nutria. They’re invading Virginia too.

Isn't that a beaver? Yeah, capybaras are more good looking.

Originally Posted by bobdreamz

Capybaras crossing a Urban road somewhere :

It seems Brazil, but I have no idea which city.

EDIT: I googled in Portuguese and I found it: it's in Cuiabá (950k inh. metro area), Mato Grosso state capital.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Yuri

Isn't that a beaver?

No, it's a nutria, a semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, but they were introduced to a variety of other places around the world, including north America, where they are now considered an invasive speices.

Beavers are another semi-aquatic rodent, but in a different family, and unlike the nutria, they are native to north America.

[suburbanite]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Beavers are another semi-aquatic rodent, but in a different family, and unlike the nutria, they are native to north America.

Beavers are in my opinion, one of the coolest dam () animals on the planet. I think you can easily argue that no individual from any other species can influence their environment as much as a single beaver can. Sure, a herd of Wildebeest can destroy large swaths of grazing land, or a locust swarm could eat everything in a 2 mile radius, but no one individual could make a change like this.


from:https://placesjournal.org/article/la...-with-beavers/