Nothing too huge or scary, just smallish critters. We’ve rescued baby birds, baby bunnies, and once a baby raccoon. I take them to someone qualified to care for them, and only when I’m sure they are orphaned or abandoned. My mom used to try to raise things like that herself, and they always died.
We see snakes all the time, mainly because my kids seek them out to catch them. Once a rather large garter snake bit my son on the leg (he was two at the time). Another time, I was walking across the back yard toward our deck, and was shocked to see a red shouldered hawk perched right on the deck railing. I didn’t want to move because it was amazing to be standing only about ten feet away from it!
Oh, I have to changed what I said about no big or scary animals. When we were on vacation in South Carolina, the kids and I were taking a walk past a pond on the edge of a golf course. We looked over at the pond, and could not believe that a big alligator was staring right back at us! He was a few feet out from the grass, and my insane children wanted to get closer to the pond for a better look. The alligator started to slowly drift toward land, and we were outta there! I’ve seen Crocodile Dundee, so I know how those things can leap out at you! I did take a picture though.
The most evil wild animal we are dealing with right now is…the chipmunk. I used to think they were cute, but lately they’ve been mocking me! They steal tomatoes from my garden, then sit right outside the back door where I can see them. They eat half the tomato, drop it, get another one, eat half of it, all while staring right at me. I know they are laughing their fuzzy little butts off. They leave the tomato skins all over the deck so I can see just how many they are eating. Little bastards.