What interesting creatures live in your garden?

[Smart Red]

Ah-h-h-h! South-est, central-est Wisconsin! 67 years and I've never seen a dangerous snake here.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That snake looks pink! My DD7 will get a kick out of that. She wants a corn snake for her birthday. They come in 70-some different colors and patterns. I hope you're isn't venomous. The head doesn't look like it anyway. I can't imagine having to keep an eye out for Black Mambas. We only have two venomous snakes in our region and their habits are very predictable. I've heard people swear they've seen cottonmouths here, but the DNR says we don't have them.

I've seen maps that show I am not in the range of cottonmouths either. I've only killed two here.

@goatgurl My brother-in-law caught a black bear on video robbing his trash can. When he spoke to a state ranger at a nearby state park, the ranger told him the reason they deny them being around is that people will hunt them down and shoot them. I wonder if that is the same with mountain lions.

 

[seedcorn]

As long as they aren't a problem, live and let live. Except poisoness snakes-take them out.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Hey, hey hey, even venomous snakes have their place in the world. It's just that that place should not be my backyard!

 

[sumi]

We found this mighty mouse in our flat 2 days ago. It was just too darn cute to kill, so we snapped a few quick pics and released it outside

 

[Carol Dee]

We found this mighty mouse in our flat 2 days ago. It was just too darn cute to kill, so we snapped a few quick pics and released it outside

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Yes he/she is cute in your hand! Still looks pretty young. But when found in my kitchen I figure Mamma has a nest of them somewhere in my house and then they are not cute at all!

 

[Smart Red]

No such thing as too cute to kill when it is damaging property. Yours doesn't look a bit dangerous, but watch out! Relocating seldom works.

I saw a pair of Partridge along the roadside near here yesterday. I haven't seen any of those for at least a dozen years and was excited to see they are still around.

Also saw an Eastern Screech owl Saturday morning flying over the chicken coop and a barn owl flitting across the road early Sunday morning. I hear an owl in the woods out back, but seldom have I seen it.

 

[seedcorn]

We found this mighty mouse in our flat 2 days ago. It was just too darn cute to kill, so we snapped a few quick pics and released it outside

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Get back to me as how cute he/she is when they are knawing on house or buildings and stinking the place up. They love to chew wires on machines. My vote, feed him to cat.....

 

[Pulsegleaner]

I'm no expert, but that looks more like a field mouse or dormouse than a house mouse (it's a little light in color for that) so letting it go outside probably poses no risk. It could even be an immature South African four striped mouse (if the stripes don't show up until it grows up) which I think are actually vulnerable.

 

[Smart Red]

A rodent is a rodent is a rodent. By any other name it is a rodent still.