Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 55 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 8:44 am: | |
Saw something odd at 75/Davison -- animal control guy taking a carcass off the shoulder. not that odd, I guess, but this was a deer. Coyotes, deer, what's the next wild thing to move into the city? |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 2169 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 9:05 am: | |
I have seen deer before, lots of pheasants, and the usual skunks, racoons, etc |
Bumble Member Username: Bumble
Post Number: 88 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 9:08 am: | |
There was an enormous dog at I-75 and Davison this Sunday. Are you sure they were removing a deer? |
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 56 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 9:50 am: | |
the thing I saw had definite hooves (i was in the far lane, right next to it), looked like it got slammed by a semi |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1346 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:22 pm: | |
i've seen a fox by St. Anne |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1650 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:28 pm: | |
at my old apartment, i came home one night to find a possum on the stairs between the 2nd and 2rd floor balconies. after it hissed at me, i used the front entrance...this was in the 2nd and prentis area. i hear a pheasant just about every morning at my new location, but those are almost as common as pigeons in this city it seems |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 1091 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:30 pm: | |
We had a thread going on this topic last fall. Check that out too, lots of people contributed what they've seen. Basically animals use rivers and creeks as thier freeways. It's not unfeasible to think how they can migrate around when you think about it. When I was working in Flint last week someone told me of a black bear killed on a freeway in thier downtown. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1651 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:31 pm: | |
i'd say this guy that i spotted on my old balcony was less than "wild" http://tinyurl.com/3bdka3 |
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 57 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 1:11 pm: | |
Anyone believe in the panthers/pumas/mountain lions? |
Nickg Member Username: Nickg
Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 1:45 pm: | |
RB336, they are in michigan. There has been numerous photos, video, and tracks of them in the past 25 years in Michigan. The DNR denied their existence in the state forever...but theyve been warming up to it recently. |
Gumby Member Username: Gumby
Post Number: 1586 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 1:59 pm: | |
quote:When I was working in Flint last week someone told me of a black bear killed on a freeway in thier downtown. Actually it was on I-75 near the Pierson Rd. exit. Not downtown but a pretty well built up area none the less. Appearantly it had followed along the Flint River and decided to play in traffic. |
Gianni Member Username: Gianni
Post Number: 289 Registered: 05-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 2:15 pm: | |
In the Lafayette Park neighborhood we've had a coyote (with a limp), fox, peregrine falcons, pheasant, rabbits, chipmunks, possum. Yesterday I saw a hummingbird. |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 975 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 5:52 pm: | |
Islandview has rabbits, fox and opossum; black, grey and red squirrels, too. Pheasants are all over. |
Jenniferl Member Username: Jenniferl
Post Number: 369 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 6:50 pm: | |
There's a family of foxes that live at Fort Wayne. |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 738 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 4:41 am: | |
My girlfriend has a pheasant running around her neighborhood (Brush Park). We had a peacock here in New Center roaming the wilds of Virginia Park, but I have neither seen nor (thankfully) heard him in a while. Did see a rabbit last night, though. |
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w
Post Number: 183 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 6:54 pm: | |
My wife saw a couple deer in Dearborn by Henry Ford CC a while ago-it's possible one could wander to the area mentioned. |