and here are a couple gecko photos
First one is pretty standard lighting; the second one is one of the more hardcore photo/lighting setups I’ve ever concocted…those three geckos (and about 15 of their friends) are about a foot deep in a schist crack that’s an inch wide.
Urban Nashville.
Zero trees in my yard.
Wildlife? A regular rotation of the 2-legged tourist variety.
Interesting geological features? No
We do have a resident neighborhood squirrel. And I’ve seen a redbird regularly. Some people on NextDoor have posted about seeing a coyote or two down by the river on the Greenway, but I have not seen one. That’s enough wildlife for me.
Lots of rabbits and for a couple of years we had 2 wild turkeys wondering our street that would chase cars and peck at their wheels, I kinda miss them. Lol
We live about 1/4 mile from the border of a local state park that is very much wild desert. It is not uncommon for all sorts of wildlife to be in our neighborhood.
Coyotes, fox, and skunk have all been captured in my ring camera. I’ve seen mule deer in the neighborhood. Snakes, scorpions, and spiders (tarantulas the size of your hand) are not uncommon outside of the house. An owl likes to take a position on a tree in my next door neighbor’s yard. And all sorts of hawks and other birds of prey fly above. And rabbits and lizards hide from most of these.
When we walk the dog on some of the many trails early in the morning we see all of the above with regularity.
I’ve seen a bobcat only once and but have only seen the evidence of the mountain lions that live in the park.
All the usual plus … black bears (on neighbors Ring camera this week), Canadian geese, bald eagles, blue herons, beavers
Our house is in suburban hell (IMO) but there’s an amazing amount of wildlife. Almost daily while walking my dogs we see deer, racoons, coyote, and fox. Rumor has it there are a couple of beaver but I haven’t seen them. We have a few man-made ponds I suspect they live in, though it’s hard to tell if the debris piles in the ponds are beaver made.
There are quite a few song birds as well. My neighbor puts up every manner of contraption to keep birds away, when he does I put up another feeder, fuck him. We see a couple owls regularly, a nesting pair lived in the outdoor section of Lowes for quite a few years. We’ve seen falcons and hawks regularly. If winters are bad we’ll eagles but they tend to stay further north.
We had a bear wander through the neighborhood a few years ago. Not sure where it ended up.
If anyone wants some prairie dogs or rabbits, come get you some, we have plenty.
We also have the resident squirrels that torment the dogs. One of these days one of the little fuckers is going to slip up and end up a chew toy. I am as anxious for that to happen as my two little wanna-be hunters.
You are fortunate. We have about 100 Canada geese for a few months in spring and fall. Windy would go mad. Some songbirds. Cardinals and Blue jays. We get barn swallows every year that migrate up. They nest under our front porch. Pretty good bug life now that the city stopped spraying a few decades ago Dragon flies etc. I have about 20 trees. I have a Stewartia Koreana and some Korea Dogwoods along with some Chincopin oaks and other native trees. We back onto a greenbelt park which has a creek (drain) going through so they cannot build behind us which is nice
I live in main street in a small town but there’s river running parallel to the road about half mile down the hill in front of our house and I-95 is about a mile in the other direction running the same way. So we live in strip about a mile and half wide bounded by the highway on one side and the river on the other. Mostly get the typical deer, squirrels, fox, chipmunks, skunks. Had a bear take out the bird feeder one year. I saw a fisher marten cross the road just down the street from us and we’ve had a weasel hunting the tree line between our house and the nieghbors. See bald eagles all the time over the river.
Lots of cougars at the gym and bar/restaurants in town.
About a mile from my house in Eastern Pennsylvania. I have also seen coyotes, bald eagles, tons of deer, foxes, and we had a small black bear in my neighborhood last week. Red tail hawk sightings are a daily occurrence.
What a great pic! So interesting that he’s walking on the rail.
Thanks to the others that posted pics too. Cool stuff.
I suspect that I live in the same town as BCTriguy1, so deer, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, eagles, turkey vultures, etc. Running trails have occasional bear and cougars. The photo was taken through our back door.
Around my house it the usual suspects. Coyote, fox, turkeys, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, possums.
Not near my house but I have a picture of deer that swam by me while I was fishing.
And a rabbit swimming.
You in Victoria as well?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a turkey vulture here. But it seems by your picture we share a backyard neighbour 
What’s the coyote situation in Stanley Park these days?
Lots of turkey vultures cross to the Olympic Penninsula each year. You can see them circling to gain altitude for the trip. I got to see one close up while riding the Fuller Lake Tri route. It was having breakfast on someone’s lawn. They are huge!
The buck is a frequent visitor, as is No.91 and her fawns. We discourage them with paint balls fired from a sling shot. It doesn’t work, but it’s satisfying:)
Wt.Deer, Black Bear, Fox, Mink, Bobcat, Coyote, sometimes Elk.
Occasionally a Mt.Lion and Wolf in winter… DNR won’t officially acknowledge - But trail cams confirm.
Eagles, Osprey, diverse # of Hawks, and Owls.
Too many species of migratory birds to name.
Nothing exciting. There used to be quite a few bites on tourists because they were feeding or approaching them but nothing newsworthy lately.
