I live in northern KY, about 12 miles south of Cincinnati, OH. Alexandria used to be considered rural but like much of the country, the little farms are being turned into subdivisions. We do still have some woods around us and deer are regular visitors as well as a bunch of squirrels (lots of nut trees in the woods), turkey becoming more common as well as coyote, fox, skunks, rabbits occasionally, snapper and box turtles, a variety of snakes. There were reports of a panther being seen a couple of miles down the road, and last year a black bear was in the area. Birds are quite abundant at our feeder ... a couple of piliated woodpeckers, bluejays, cardinals, tufted titmouse, chickadees, wrens, nuthatch, slate juncos (as you said, now gone with the end of winter), doves, towee, cowbirds, grackles, sparrows, yellow finch, house finch, a pair of geese who took up residence a few years ago on the pond on the back hill, redtail hawk, used to have bluebirds but they disappeared ... I'm sure I could think of more if I had the time. I do love to watch them all!!

Mary Lou

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