What is/are your favorite North American animal ? You can pick up to three. I like Bison. chipmunks,Wild Turkeys. Any

[debm55]

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class of animal that are native to North America. Thank you.

[getagrip_already]

1. The single cat lady... n/ t

[True Dough]

5. Rec'd

But if you ever see a triple cat lady in the wild, look out!

[debm55]

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[Ocelot II]

2. Any class of animal?

I like pumas, turtles and owls.

[debm55]

4. Thank you Ocelot II , I will add to my OP

[WheelWalker]

3. crickets, tree frogs and rattlesnakes

[debm55]

11. Thank you WheelWalker. I don't know about the rattlesnakes ,

[Sequoia]

6. Bear, bison, cougar

[debm55]

13. Thank you Sequoia. Love the Bison.

[FirstLight]

8. I'll play!

I live in Tahoe and LOVE my animals!!

We have 2 black bears in our neighborhood... the big one is Jr. and the little one is HoneyBear (he's a lighter brown)
They really do have distinctive personalities....and while I dont see them often, they are so smart and sweet (and I try to keep them from being too friendly around humans, so we have an "understanding" when I tell them to "git, on...go on home" they know.

We also feed our local chippers and jays. The little golden mantle chipmunks are a bit larger than the tiny ones, and are fun as hell to watch.

As always, our Stellar's Jays are the stars of the birds... they KNOW when we get home from the sound of the garage...and they come to the yard and demand peanuts! Every year it's a blast watching the new scrawny fledglings get used to flying and being big kids...lol


My wife's fave birds are the Rock Pigeons and Mourning Doves. She's from GA and thinks the Bears are amazing.

[debm55]

15. Great post. Thank you FirstLight.

[Alpeduez21]

10. I like mountain lions American alligator and squirrels

Never seen a mountain lion in person. Not sure I want to cause if I can see it then it can see me. That’s a scary proposition in my opinion

[bluedigger]

16. I've seen gators in person, and that's scary enough, lol.

[hlthe2b]

25. I worked with the South Florida Miccosukee Indian tribe years ago on a mercury exposure study... The kids were

amazing in their freewheeling attitudes toward alligators (albeit cautious around the big ones). But, snakes? Exact opposite. The tribal police told me they spend at least half their time on snake calls. LOL

[debm55]

18. Thank you Alpeduez21. I went to Penn State in the Nittany Mountains and have seen them while hiking. Thank you for your

choices.

[bluedigger]

12. Moose, cougar, bear.

[debm55]

20. Thank you bluedigger. Your choices are great. I was shocked at the size of the Moose.

[True Dough]

14. My three...

[debm55]

48. No Comment.

[RainCaster]

17. Hummingbirds, Orcas, Ravens

[debm55]

21. Thank you Raincaster. My hummers are still here in WPA. I thought they would be gone by now.

[hlthe2b]

19. Mountain Lions (Gorgeous! ), agree on Bison, the poor targeted, unappreciated, lowly Prairie Dog (the latter which

has long protected prairie ecosystems from the conditions that allowed for the Dust Bowl, but too many fail to understand their role--likewise are necessary for some species to survive, including the once near-extinct, black-footed ferret). No, they are NOT mere nuisance "varmints."

I'm going to cheat, though, and mention some of our beloved raptors, including the hawk and eagle.
John Denver was right:

[debm55]

23. Thank you hlthe2b. I went to Penn State in the Nittany Mountains of central PA and have Mountain Lions. Beautiful

creatures. Love the eagle also. We have them around the rivers in Pittsburgh. I fact there is a station that has an eagle web cam.

[AnnaLee]

22. red tail hawk, fringe-toed lizard and desert tortoise

All in the Mojave Desert area. I want to be reincarnated as a hawk, but, if not, I can picture myself scurrying around the desert as a small lizard.

[debm55]

24. Thank you very much AnnaLee. They all sound like beautiful creatures.

[EYESORE 9001]

26. An otter or closely related mustelid

Like myself, they’re playful yet businesslike. Besides, I got called a ‘polecat’ with great regularity in my childhood.

[debm55]

28. EYESORE 9001 Love to see otters plays. They are so cute. Did you know that before they sleep they tie themselves to sea

grass so they don't drift out to see. Very good choice. Thank you.

[Aviation Pro]

27. Mountain lion, American alligator, Gray wolf

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[debm55]

29. Thank you Aviation Pro we have a pack of gray wolves here in SW PA . Beautiful . Have seen Mountain Lions in the

Nittany Mountains . I have seen American alligators in Florida. The alligators sort of scared me. Great choices.

[GreenWave]

30. Soldier beetle, parasitic flies and lizards.

Soldier beetles really help the garden,

Parasitic flies get the impossible such as Japanese beetles and like the soldier beetles aid in pollination.

Lizards! Broken coffee mug? Makes a convenient ambush hideout for them or frogs which will munch away on garden pests,

My all time favorite animal is the jeweled wasp, devourers of those pesky flying cockroaches, available at a tropical location near you.

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much GreenWave. Very interesting post.

[TommieMommy]

32. Love frogs, Florida panther and rabbits

[debm55]

37. Thank you TommieMommy. Great choices.

[Jilly_in_VA]

33. Bison, wolves , and otters

none of which we have hereabouts, except maybe otters in the rivers. Bison and wolves I've seen on many trips west in my youth. Magnificent animals, both of them.

[debm55]

35. I agree Jilly_in _VA. Your choices are great. Thank you.

[Cartoonist]

34. Road runners and coyotes

Moose and squirrels

[debm55]

36. Thank you Cartoonist. I really like your choices.

[zeusdogmom]

38. Moose, wolverine, polar bear

[debm55]

39. Thank you zeusdogmom. Beautiful animals

[Bayard]

40. Domestic or wild?

I love horses, dogs, cats.

Wild--give me the predators: wolves, bears, and mountain lions.

[debm55]

41. Thank you Bayard'. I was going to post either or both. You have a great list.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. Coatis

[debm55]

43. Thank you so much, LudwigPastorius. They are so cute. Where are they found?

[LudwigPastorius]

44. Mostly Mexico and Central America, but...

they're also in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, so we can claim them as patriotic Americans!

[debm55]

45. HAhhahhhah Thank you. I really think they are cute.

[Niagara]

50. Oh my cuteness!

Do they like to snuggle?

[LudwigPastorius]

59. I'm afraid not.

They tend to be bitey.

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[Niagara]

61. Bookmarking so I can watch later!

[PufPuf23]

46. Black bear, ring-tailed cat, pileated woodpecker. nt

[debm55]

47. Thank you PufPuf. Great choices.

[Niagara]

49. My favorite wild feline is the gorgeous leopard

I want to clarify that leopards aren't native to North America, so this scratches out my answer completely.


My favorite North American animals are jaguar, cougar, coyote and gray wolf.


Sorry that's four, Debbie.

[debm55]

54. That's okay. You live in northern NY. I live in SW PA and we have coyote and the gray wolf here.

[Niagara]

62. Thank you, Debbie. We have foxes and coyotes here.

[dem4decades]

51. Hummingbirds and deer because I like to see them in my yard and the otter, because they're awesome.

[debm55]

55. Thank you very much. dem4decades. they are beautiful and very relaxing to watch.

[CanonRay]

52. Badger, Magpie, Black Bear

[debm55]

56. Thank you very much. CanonRaY exquisite animals.

[Polly Hennessey]

53. Gray wolf, wild horses, and polar bears.🐺🐴🐻‍❄️

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much. Polly Hennessey. Great native creatures. I would like you to tell me are the wild horses that are

along the beach in NC or SC, Going out west is a little to far, But NC or SC is doable I always had on my bucket list to ride in the shallow water on a horse. TY

[HeartsCanHope]

58. Chickadees, Wild Turkey, and Squirrel!

[JoseBalow]

60. Wolverines, of course!

[debm55]

64. oh you. no comment

[ProfessorGAC]

63. I'll Go With Bison, Grizzly, And Bald Eagle

We have a herd of Bison in a national prarie lands near Chicago. I've gone over to see them a couple times. Majestic beast.
Those big bears are just awesome & the bald Eagle is a regal looking bird.

[debm55]

65. Thank you ProfessorGAC We have a Bison preserve near me, Lovely, And of couse the bald eagles near the rivers across

From Pittsburgh,

[sarge43]

66. Bald eagle, wild turkey, chickadee

Yes I am, clhildless bird lady.

[debm55]

67. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAh. We have a group of bald eagles that live along the Ohio across from Pittsburgh. One TY station even

has an eagle cam so you can watch them in various places along the Ohio River.

[sarge43]

68. I haven't seen any right around here, but ...

down at Lake Winnipesaukee (big blue spot in the middle of NH) there's a large toupee of baldies. Yes, according to google that's their group name. For all eagles it's convocation.

[debm55]

69. Thank you sarge43. I didn't know that. Thanks for the information on the group of eagles.

[electric_blue68]

70. Big Horned Sheep, Monarch Butterfly, Hummers

Those gorgeous, amazing curved horns and the skills of their climbing.

Monarchs occasionally used zip by me by on my veranda (my apt fire escape that over looked the buildings below- we were on a hill in the back). I always saw them in the big near by park.

I've seen 2 hummers in my whole life.😑
A female ruby throat (no glittery color) at near twilight in a Botanic Garden. Then a rare hummer for the NE that might have been blown eastward beyond the Mississippi River.

I would have said Wild Horses instead of the BHS, but technically horses were introduced to NA by the Spaniards.
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Some Wild Turkey feathers - ?dark brown, and black also have a beautiful coppery horizontal stripe near the tip. Someone gave me one.

[debm55]

71. Thank you electric_blue 68 I saw some big horned sheep when we traveled out west two years in a row I still have hummer

here in SW PA , No monarchs here. I will look for some turkey feathers for you, They walk down the street where I walk Dolly.

[electric_blue68]

72. Well, ty, but you don't have to. It *is* cool you find them as you walk your dog. A funny story about them...

So near the top, and at the top on the western side of Manhattan are 2 big parks.

The one near the top - Ft Tryon; it takes up about 1/3 of width of Manhattan which is skinnier up there. It goes down to the Hudson River with a highway, a railway, and a walking path way down near the river running through it. On It'smore northern hilly section is the famous "The Cloisters" - part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

So in NYC we have squirrels, pigeons, sparrows mice, rats.... they're soooo ubiquitous I don't really think of them as "wildife". 😀

Ohoh, we have mallard ducks, geese, egrets, herons, racoons around the top park. I've seen hawks hovering above Ft Tryon park.
Now, all those I think of as Wildlife! 👍 I've seen them all except for the herons, and racoons.

I read something a few years back mentioning in Ft Tryon Pk there are wild turkeys in the more dense, lower western sections. Like- Wow! I think they feel like the wildess of wildlife for our area!

I text my sis bc we partly grew up near Ft Tryon Pk and went there. Tell her there's
wild turkeys down there.
She texts me back: "OMG"

Don't know quite why, but I found her reaction hysterically funny! Not in any kind of stupid way.
I was very surprised myself!

[electric_blue68]

73. Seperate story. While I was in South Dakota for a special event I took a Greyline Tour Bus - tour ...

We had just finished looking at Mt Rushmore then and had gotten back into the bus, and on our way.

The tour bus ahead radioed back to our driver saying they saw mountain goats!
But we didn't see them. Still, rather cool to really know by right then & there observation - that they were around!