The zoo is outside my door.
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
United States
February 29, 2016 2:47pm CST
I live in a zoo. We have the normal cats and dogs. There are bunnies that like to frolic in large groups across the street. We have squirrels, also. The gopher tortoises live in holes on the edge of the property.
We have Sand Hill Cranes wandering about, sometimes looking in windows. They squawk a lot and are very noisy. There are cowbird egrets, curlews and other large birds. Every year, a crazy mocking bird pecks on the roof. I also hear a woodpecker for hours every day.
Sometimes, wild chickens play around in the edge of the woods. A friend adopted one. She fed it corn and it laid eggs in her golf cart. Wild boars also live nearby.
I hear cows mooing, a donkey braying and roosters crowing. I love the animals around here. Do you have a zoo outside your door?
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@cherriefic (10400)
• Philippines
29 Feb 16
That is a great place to live as you are with the nature! I used to live in a zoo when I was a kid cause my Dad likes to have a lot of animals around. I kinda miss that.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Feb 16
You're so lucky .... well, except for the wild boars, I've heard they can be dangerous.
My home is in a desert area so mostly what I will see aside from mourning doves, sparrows and grackles are lizards if I'm out at dawn or dusk in the warm months. I know we have a ground squirrel or maybe it's a rabbit because it has pulled up every plant I've tried to grow but luckily has left the trees alone.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
1 Mar 16
Do you have reptiles too? I have created a forest around me and that is what visitors here say to me (LOL) And this forest has invited monkeys, peacocks, wild cats, snakes, squirrels and countless birds.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
1 Mar 16
@akalinus Lizards do that. They greet me every single morning (lol)
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
4 Mar 16
No I didn't get that lucky but you can still hear the birds and frogs.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Feb 16
I live in the big city. The only critters I see are coyotes, raccoons, possums, squirrels, You actually have wild tortoises living on your property? Awesome.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Feb 16
@lexiconlover How in the heck did that happen?
@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
1 Mar 16
Theres a lot of animals on the garden i dont know. I do know dogs,cats,roosters, and hens.
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@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
3 Mar 16
I didn't experience this but I must admit I liked your way of describing the situation. it seemed funny
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
3 Mar 16
Sometimes, it does seem funny around here. Animals are funny and they act weird sometimes. One woman said that she was in her yard. A Sand Hill crane sneaked up behind her and was going to peck her hind end when a neighbor yelled and it ran off. She did not think it was funny, but it was the way she told it.
@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Mar 16
We have a pet sheep and lots of kangaroos and birds. The kangaroos are silent but the birds and Herc make a bit of noise/music from time to time.
