Three years ago, we moved from a suburban city to a separate suburban city. Our previous suburb was more on the urban side of the equation; homes close together, retail within walking distance. Our current suburb has more in the way of wooded areas.

We saw plenty of wildlife at our old house: skunks and raccoons and groundhogs and bunnies and many, many deer.

The wildlife that visits our new house is a little more exotic.

First up, frogs. Frogs love our house. Is it because of the pool? Perhaps. The thing I didn’t know about frogs is that they can be SO LOUD. When one of them sets up a performance space near our bedroom window, it is impossible to hear anything else.

This is not my favorite type of wildlife. Even if I know it’s harmless.

We don’t typically see coyotes, especially during the day. This was an exception.

He’s a little hard to see; this is a still from a video Carla took from the car.

Speaking of Carla, she’s excellent at spotting wildlife. The other day, we were driving along, just about to turn into our development, and she said, “That’s not a hawk!”

It was not a hawk!

Any exotic wildlife spottings in your neck of the woods?