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Have you noticed any change in animal populations where you live?

Posted by IDoNotLikeTheSand@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 313 comments

I’ve personally noticed Increased: Deer, Rabbits, Hawks, Bats Decreased: Turkeys, Butterflies, Fireflies

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Agamenticus72@reddit

Good news: when I was a kid I never saw a Bald Eagle . Now I see them all the time. They have made a comeback since the 70s and 80s.
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Agamenticus72@reddit

Snails are now common when it rains, and that only started about ten years ago. Before I only saw slugs . ( North of Seattle)
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Own_Alarm_3935@reddit

Where the heck did the bats go
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Ashamed_Vegetable486@reddit

No
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KJHagen@reddit

Deer overpopulation is up and an apparent increase in diseased deer is occurring. Black bear population is stable, but grizzly bear numbers are up. Wolf numbers are also up and it looks like they are feeding on the elk (and livestock). Fox, moose, coyote, and mountain lion numbers are steady.
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badgramajama@reddit

Fewer butterflies. I remember when I was in elementary school 30+ years ago it was common to see hundreds of monarch butterflies during their migration. Now I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen even one.
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TBeIRIE@reddit

We do not have any hummingbirds anymore. 5th year in a row not a single one has shown up for spring & summer. Same blooms in all the flowering trees they used to flock & hover around. Same flowers in my garden & neighborhood. Zero activity seen of the beautiful little flying fairy birds.
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IrateMormon@reddit

We used to have tons of chipmunks. When the HOA was dissolved people started letting their cats out. So now there's no chipmunks. I wish I could say the same for the squirrels.
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MegansettLife@reddit

Tons of bunnies, chipmunks, and squirrels. Not many skunk, fox, or coyotes. But we'll keep our chickies in their pen, because I'm sure those predators will be back sometime soon. Don't worry, chickies have a large Fort Knox.
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tarabithia22@reddit

Increase: Robins, sparrows, rabbits, beavers, wolves, moose, spiders Decrease: Blue Jays have disappeared for two years, butterflies, moths, bees (significantly, there’s flowering trees everywhere that are bare), June bugs, other garden insects
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EducationWestern5204@reddit

More deer, rabbits and coyotes. Fewer fireflies.
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TeamTurnus@reddit

Less fireflies then there were about 20 years ago but my new neighborhood has more than the last one, I think tis a factor of there being less monoculture grass lawns so they have places to breed
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Calm-Ad8987@reddit

Bears & bald eagles.
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GandalfDaGangstuh007@reddit

Less fire flies for sure. I’ve seen them in rural and remote areas but very rarely see them anywhere populated anymore. That’s about it. Turkeys everywhere along with your normal squirrels and deer. Animals you don’t see often like moose and so on are mostly doing fine, some slight decline 
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vadabungo@reddit

I have a ton of lightning bugs in my yard. Backyard looks like a rave, just a big ol’ bug orgy.
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OnlyBandThatMattered@reddit

Interesting. Where I live, they are apparently making a comeback.
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sknolii@reddit

Same! Chemicals that kill mosquitos kill fireflies and bees. Don't spray, people!
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Just_curious4567@reddit

Mine have also made a comeback this year. I’m in NC
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BSB8728@reddit

They also need leaf litter to lay their eggs in, but every fall people rake up the leaves and dispose of them. And bright streetlights make it difficult or impossible for fireflies to see the flashes of potential mates.
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ContributionLatter32@reddit

I read somewhere it has to do with raking leaves in the fall. Leaves should be left alone so as not to disrupt the life cycles of fireflies.
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ArmadilloBandito@reddit

I live out by a state park in rural Western Kentucky and was pleased to see them all over the place last night on my drive home.
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OnlyBandThatMattered@reddit

Nice! I'm not quite that far, but I am also located in KY! That's great to hear that you saw so many out that way.
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ArmadilloBandito@reddit

Just head out to Land Between the Lakes if you want to see a bunch.
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schalowendofthepool@reddit

Haven't seen any in the past few years, but I've managed to spot a few in the past couple of weeks
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porcelaincatstatue@reddit

I noticed a comeback too last year.
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

I have never seen a firefly. I heard that light pollution is killing a lot of them off.
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DoinIt989@reddit

I see them once in a while, but way less than 10 or 20 years ago. Also depends where you live tbh - my family from California had never seen them even when they were common.
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twisted_stepsister@reddit

Pesticides and landscaping practices are putting a dent in the population too.
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Far_Silver@reddit

They glow to attract mates. When light pollution makes the glow stand out less, they have trouble finding mates.
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PlayingDoomOnAGPS@reddit

Less bugs in general. 20 years ago, you couldn't drive on a highway in the south without a grille and windshield plastered with bug guts. I haven't scrubbed at baked-on bug guts for *years*.
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Drevvch@reddit

This. With the exception of house flies and fruit/drain flies, I've noticed a marked decrease (using the above-mentioned windshield splats methodology) in flying insects over my lifetime.
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Jdawn82@reddit

I came here to mention the fireflies. I saw an article saying our generations could be the last to see them.
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ThrowawayMod1989@reddit

They’ve been dwindling for so long now that I’m no longer surprised when I don’t see them, I’m more surprised when I do.
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Ok-Chain-4385@reddit

Don’t pick up your leaves in the fall!! That’s where they lay their larvae. I never pick up the leaves, and I’ve got noticeably more fireflies than my parents house, 3 miles away
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SeaGurl@reddit

I haven't seen them in nearly 20 years except for the one time I was in rural rural Kansas. Makes me sad my kids dont get to experience the joy of catching some on the regular.
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elphaba00@reddit

I saw fireflies last night, and I was really shocked
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LadySiren@reddit

The trees in our backyard are full of them. So pretty at night!
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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

I hope they come back! As a California kid, catching fireflies was basically the best part of visiting grandma in Illinois. That or the peanut brittle.
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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Saw some just last week and I was having a hard time remembering when the last time I'd seen them before that was.
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valencialeigh20@reddit

Same here. There were a few fireflies in my yard last night - that’s a few more than I saw last year.
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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

I live in a rural area, and even here with forests and farms around me there are far fewer lightning bugs than there used to be.
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Gilthoniel_Elbereth@reddit

I imagine the farms have something to do with it. Lots of pesticide use
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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

In my area it's all just small local stuff. Corn and cows at individual small farms.
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

I have never seen a firefly. I heard that light pollution is killing a lot of them off.
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i-touched-morrissey@reddit

In your whole life?
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

Nope. Not ever.
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Frank_chevelle@reddit

Too bad! They are really cool. We usually get a decent amount in the summer.
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Mindless-Client3366@reddit

I read an article not long ago that gen alpha may be the last generation to see fireflies. They're disappearing and apparently breeding them like butterflies and releasing them really isn't an option for some reason. It made me sad because chasing fireflies was a huge part of my summer childhood.
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vadabungo@reddit

I have a ton of lightning bugs in my yard. Backyard looks like a rave, just a big ol’ bug orgy.
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Autumn_Skald@reddit

When I was a kid in the 80s/90s there were always bumblebees 🐝when the clover bloomed. I rarely see them now.
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Objective_Bar_5420@reddit

I've watched starlings move into the woods here for the first time ever. There were three or four near here five years ago. Now there are dozens.
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SheenPSU@reddit

The tick population is outta fucking control. It’s insane. Turkeys seem to be doing well around me as well.
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MeanTelevision@reddit

Used to hear a lot of birds chirping or singing, especially in the morning. Used to hear or see a lot of feral or roaming cats. Silence now.
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GingerGalJeanie@reddit

More bunnies and rats - I think our neighbor is shooting the feral cats. I like the buy, but not the rats.
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Fit_Ad6129@reddit

Lots more feral cats. Less birds, squirrels, rabbits. More fire flys this year bears and deer too.
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TeacherOfFew@reddit

I’m in a suburb in a major Midwest metro and I’m seeing more wildlife. LOTS of rabbits, possum, chipmunks, and songbirds. A few raccoons and the occasional fox. Had a deer run through our yard a decade ago, but that’s a definite outlier here; twenty miles west is a different story.
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CarmenDeeJay@reddit

Increased turkey, deer, pheasants, rabbits, chipmunks, geese and ducks. Decreased feral cats (yay), grouse, Asian beetles, Box elder bugs, and bats.
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discourse_friendly@reddit

I'm in the suburbs and I'm seeing more beavers, and Badgers than ever. like I'm in a desert, and i'm seeing beavers and badgers... so uhm.. nope. but its probably regional.
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ACam574@reddit

Increased coyotes and foxes. Most of the higher predators that controlled them have been all but wiped out. The coyotes in particular are taking their place as the dominant animal predator. They are even getting larger.
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GSilky@reddit

The red tail hawks in my city are comfortable enough to eat their mouse snacks on perches a person could snatch them from.  They are freaking everywhere around here lately.  Been increasing noticably for the last six years.
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schismtomynism@reddit

There's a lot more deer, foxes, groundhogs, turkeys and ticks. Apparently the whale population is increasing too. I don't know of a single animal that's in decline, other than a type of salamander (that I've never seen anyway) and a type of bat
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wormbreath@reddit

I see a lot less blue birds :( I’ve seen a lot more eagles and turkey vultures
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eyetracker@reddit

Mountain bluebirds? They're so cool, the males look like someone is messing around in Photoshop except they're real.
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wormbreath@reddit

Ya mountain bluebirds :) we had a nesting pair that cane back to their nest 3 years in a row! Haven’t seen a single one this summer :( they are so pretty and so is their song! It’s your state bird isn’t it?
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eyetracker@reddit

State bird of NV and ID both. Hope yours come back.
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devilbunny@reddit

> turkey vultures Fun story about that being an incredibly accurate name. My wife came home one day and said she had seen a lot of large black birds at a location we both know (it's semi-rural, lots of green space, it's not a golf course but that's about the level of development). She said "they looked like a cross between a chicken and a buzzard". I said oh, you mean a turkey vulture? "No, I said chicken and buzzard." I said no, that's their actual name. Turkey. Vulture. We have, ever since, called them "chuzzards", which is a far catchier name.
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Ted_Denslow@reddit

We are suddenly inundated with armadillos. When I was a kid, the armadillo was something you only really saw in the southwest.
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Limefish5@reddit

Fewer Butterflies, but it's the HUGE drop in honeybees that terrifies me.
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_BKom_@reddit

What’s an animal?
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

Yo mama is an animal
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_BKom_@reddit

Naw, my mum went to collage!
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

Animal college!
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Appropriate-Let-283@reddit

I'm noticing less butterflies, mosquitos, and bees here in Arizona. I could've sworn they used to be everywhere here a decade ago.
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SimonArgent@reddit

I can't remember the last time I had a bunch of insects stuck to the front of my car.
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Fishtails@reddit

Increase in stink bugs
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Future_Solution1710@reddit

The lack of bees where I am is unsettling. When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, they were everywhere and I had to be careful not to get stung just simply walking in a yard with clovers. Now, I see literally one at a time just occasionally, and I take regular walks.
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LoudCrickets72@reddit

My neighborhood has seen a major reemergence in the deer population. I go out for a stroll almost every day and there are more days I see deer than days I don’t see any. The black bear population is growing in Missouri and they are apparently expanding into St Louis County, I haven’t seen any though. Last night, I was sitting on my back porch and saw some kind of a big ass cat. Not sure if it was a bobcat, but it had to be considering we don’t have mountain lions. Anyway, yes, there has definitely been an increase.
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

I wouldn't be surprised if bobcats are more common then people think. I worked at a historic town in Michigan and the DNR workers said there were bobcats although the population wasn't officially recognized. Lynx sightings also would be reported but they were always declared as migratory. That is funny because it was the Upper Peninsula which is mostly surrounded by lakes. Maybe they floated in through the Soo Lochs. Currently I live in Maryland now and I am pretty sure I saw one in a wooded area in the middle of town.
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Ok_Motor_3069@reddit

Yeah I remember the black bear in Kirkwood? Last summer?
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NotLikeARegularMom-@reddit

I am a hobby herpetologist so I am more aware of reptiles around me than anything else. I have lived in coastal South Carolina most of my life and I would say that I see more Mediterranean house geckos now than ever before, but I never see a rough green snake anymore. Hubby spotted one a year ago in a pretty remote location, but honestly I used to see them out in suburbia all the time and they are just gone. It’s sad because they are one of my favorite snakes.
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MargaritasAndTacos@reddit

South Carolina. Armadillos are moving in
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

I use to work as a place and part of my job included going to different buildings on the property. One night there were armadillos in the parking lot so I went inside and told everyone there were armadillos and none of them cared or went to look at them. Worst people I have ever worked with. They weren't even doing much and I was the manager so they had official permission to not work and look at armadillos!
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TastyAd8346@reddit

There’s a cool map of armadillo sightings online! They’re slowly marching north (slowly, as the first made it to Texas by 1900)
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nowhereman136@reddit

Suburban NJ... Fox moved into the neighborhood around 2-3 years ago. Never saw them before but now if you drive around at night there's a good chance you'll spot one or two. Also weirdly chipmunks. I remember spending my summers at camp in the mountains and seeing chipmunks everywhere up there, but never at home. Now I see them about as much as I see squirrels. Wonder what's changed
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

There is a vixen that lives near me and a couple of years ago she had kits and I got to see them walking around a few times. Last time I saw one of the kits was around a year ago so I think they have moved on. It was very exciting to get to see them. They were play fighting in front of my house one night and were yipping. It was super cute
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tlonreddit@reddit

Coyotes live in the woods behind my house. But not for long because they're developing those woods.
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

People need a place to live but thats sad for the coyotes. Its like the movie Pom Poko
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Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit

We've had an increase in coyotes around my place. Normally you might get a couple of them howling a few times a month, but lately it's been every night. Not so coincidentally, the increase started about the same time that our neighbors started raising chickens (again). After 3 years of this, you would think they would figure it out.
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i_had_ice@reddit

Coyotes used to howl nightly in my rural area. I haven't heard them in several years
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TheBimpo@reddit

Just fewer insects in general. Remember in the summer when your windshield and the front of your car would be absolutely loaded with dead bugs?
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

You use to be able to put your head out during a road trip and not have to stop for a snack
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Kestrel_Iolani@reddit

Yup. This worries me the most.
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Effective_Pear4760@reddit

How much is it "not so many insects" and how much is it aerodynamics? I wonder.
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XelaNiba@reddit

Oh, it's a sttep decline sadly https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4620 "During the study period, summers became warmer, while winters became drier. Insect biomass declined by ∼47% and abundance declined by ∼61.5% over the last 35 years."
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rohan_rat@reddit

That is.... horrible for us. Fuck.
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Xciv@reddit

Those numbers line up with experience. I remember Yellowstone Park 25 years ago with the car being plastered with bugs driving through. Recently (2 years ago) drove through Wyoming and nothing on the SUV for hundreds of miles. The difference is disturbing.
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Effective_Pear4760@reddit

Crap. Yes, I remember a trip we took in the mid-70s and the number of bugs was amazing. Gross, but amazing. I've also noticed how lightning bugs are not as thick on the lawn as they used to be, and monarch butterflies too. I was hoping it was due to how much more aerodynamic cars are now, but poop. We need those insects!
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engineereddiscontent@reddit

I live in the midwest in a densely forested area and tons of swamps and theres barely any bugs at night. Lots of horse and deer flies though. But especially night time bugs have decreased a metric shit ton.
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Kestrel_Iolani@reddit

I get the same feeling in my (pesticide-free) garden, so it's not just aerodynamics.
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Altril2010@reddit

They must have all moved to Southern Oregon. I have to wash my windshield almost day due to the amount of bugs.
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

yeah I was gonna say the front of my car would like a word... still extremely buggy in northern IL
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jesuspoopmonster@reddit

Its been a long time seen I have seen my fox friend but there is now a ground hog that eats my plants who is my new friend
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Sensitive-Loan-9257@reddit

I live in southern Illinois and there are a plethora of lightning bugs or fireflies. But the butterflies are missing this year. Deer and all types of birds are more plentiful and rabbits bats.
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rosemaryscrazy@reddit

I’m in the suburbs of Florida and we have rabbits everywhere.
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GingerTea69@reddit

Increased bird variety!
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Ok_Investigator_1074@reddit

Texas Horned Lizards due to fire ants.
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bitcoin_moon_wsb@reddit

Golden retriever population is growing rapidly
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jonesda@reddit

increased armadillos. y'know, from a total of zilch.
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Minute_Associate_436@reddit

This gets posted every 3 weeks. 
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JanaKaySTL@reddit

Fewer flying insects, more deer, raccoons, squirrels
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i-touched-morrissey@reddit

We have a plethora of little snails after it rains.
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3X_Cat@reddit

More ticks!
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Adorable_Dust3799@reddit

Used to have more hawks, then crows moved into the area and harassed the hawks, now have both but fewer hawks. Otherwise not really, no. Deer in city limits would be newsworthy, and coyotes have always roamed the streets following the sounds of cat fights. Maybe more owls.
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RandomPrimer@reddit

NC here. Lots more deer, hawks (red shoulder), & owls (barred, mostly). I live in a suburb, and lately I'm noticing deer with racks. I saw an 8 point buck on a paved trail last year. We have always had lots of deer in our area, but last year was the first time I saw any in town with antlers. Fewer rabbits, fireflies, butterflies, carrion birds, and bats.
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AdDisastrous6738@reddit

Outside of my property, yes. Yuppies keep moving in and bulldozing all the natural habitats and installing huge fucking floodlights that run all night. Why do people move to the country then try to emulate the cities that they left?
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The0wl0ne@reddit

We don’t get many monarch butterflies anymore. We’re right in their migration path. As a kid it seemed like there were hundreds of them at any given point drinking from the wildflowers. Nowadays you’re lucky to see a fraction of that.
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CandidateNo2731@reddit

Yes, a huge increase in hawks and eagles. I went from seeing one every few years to seeing them daily. I also noticed an increase in mice and rats, which coincided with an increase in backyard chickens. I assume all three of these are related since chickens attract rodents and rodents are food for birds of prey.
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EnvironmentalRound11@reddit

Bears. Litters are typically one or two. Now three is common. Nature is fighting back.
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beebeesy@reddit

We have had a jump in the population of deer in my area which has now jumped the population of mountain lions. Deer have become so overpopulated and domesticated that we are seeing some illness spread in herds. They even opened up a bow hunt within our gated community to knock down the herd. This of course is bringing mountain lions into our community. Saw maybe a single mountain lion a year in the low populated areas in the southern part of the county previously and now we have seen our first litter of pups. They are starting to get close to residential areas because that is where the deer are and of course dogs/cats. We are having the same issue with fox. It has boomed over the last 10 years and now they are starting to hunt and kill pets. It's becoming an issue. The only thing that hasn't YET has been the black bears. Aside from a little trash issue, they haven't been a big problem yet. On the flip side, I haven't seen quail in years. We used to be able to see them everywhere and hear them. My dad and I were going to hatch some to release back into some farmland that a neighbor designates to nature preservation.
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Professional_Mood823@reddit

I don't think I've ever seen a firefly. Even when I lived in the foothills to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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jwbourne@reddit

I'm in Illinois and armadillo are popping up!
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SteampunkRobin@reddit

Less fireflies, butterflies, bees, toads and frogs.
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RunningIntoTheSun@reddit

A lot less birds
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WhichSpirit@reddit

Far fewer fireflies. I've also noticed the deer are more orange than they used to be.
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ABelleWriter@reddit

For me personally more fireflies and butterflies this year (I been working on it!) Same in mammals (rabbits and squirrels) and birds (crows, random little birds)
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Awsomethingy@reddit

I think I keep seeing more cats but maybe its just me
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Avbitten@reddit

i keep stumbling across dead birds. from chicks to adults. at least one a week which is alarming. no obvious wounds.
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They-Call-Me-Taylor@reddit

I haven’t seen fireflies in years. As a kid, those things were everywhere.
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krissychan99@reddit

sooo many pigeons. i live outside of a small city and i’ve never seen one before this year. i have absolutely no clue where they came from
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MdmeLibrarian@reddit

When I was a child, multiple grasshoppers would leap away from my feet with every step through the grass. Now I'm surprised to see a grasshopper.
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HistoryGirl23@reddit

Decreased fireflies, and birds
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Bluetex110@reddit

A lot less insects, remember when i was a kid, after every sunday trip our car was covered with insects😁 Now even after a 3hr drive there is almost nothing.
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MsJenX@reddit

I see less ants, jumping spiders, native isotopes
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TimTeemo_YT@reddit

I can’t explain why… but I’ve noticed a significant drop in roly-polies in my backyard…
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No_Outcome2321@reddit

Kind of. Some animal population have decreased: butterflies, fireflies (though I did see a bit in my neighbors yard the other night), squirrels. While other species of animals have increased: deer (at 7pm people outside one was walking up the street), foxes (there’s a couple that frequent my job lately, while others have made dens in peoples yards). Then we have the animals that are here more or less for a short period of time (1-2months if that) before they die off: mayflies, cicadas.
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Jackalope_Sasquatch@reddit

Seattle suburbs:  - More cottontail rabbits  - Fewer possums - More coyotes  (These last two may be related)
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Prize_Consequence568@reddit

I noticed more Canadian Geese casing the joint.
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orpheus1980@reddit

Hoboken NJ pretty much belongs to them now. We just live with their mercy. Roving gangs of geese walking up and down Sinatra drive going "my great uncle brought down Sully's plane right there!"
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orpheus1980@reddit

So many more Canada Geese since the pandemic! Those cobra chicken took over a lot of public green spaces and parks while we stayed home and have not ceded control. They are EVERYWHERE in most of New York and New Jersey. Guarding their weird poop sometimes.
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mando_ad@reddit

Weirdly, over the last couple of years, I've noticed a serious uptick in insects. Especially fireflies. I went years without seeing any, and a while back counted 20 in about 5 minutes while driving. We've been getting more regular, light rain than our usual absolutely nothing or literal floods, though, so it seems related. Also noticing way more deer, but that's probably just all the new subdivisions getting built chasing them out into the open...
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orpheus1980@reddit

Deer in the US northeast have increasingly started giving birth to triplets instead of twins which were the default. Lots more deer for sure.
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NateNMaxsRobot@reddit

Yes. Toads and frogs. I live in Minnesota.
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Arrownite@reddit

Deer. Ridiculous amounts of deer that have zero fear of humans and waltz up to people's gardens to eat flowers because they think they're too good for grass lmao
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Sooner70@reddit

Decreased: Everything.
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tlrmln@reddit

Nope. Years ago we had zero monkeys. We still have zero monkeys.
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1981drv2@reddit

The trailer park I live in used to home 1000+ ducks. I’ve been here since 2019. No exaggeration with that 4 digit number. In the past couple years, it dropped considerably, and at this point, I’d be surprised to find out there are even 100 of them left.
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Non_Typical78@reddit

Animal populations in my area are soaring. We are actually tied with two other counties in the state forest having the highest population density for deer. Thats with organized culling every year for the last 6 years. The only animals that haven't seen a rebound in my area is pheseant.
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Traditional-Job-411@reddit

This could be a natural change. Whoever was feeding them stopped. (Someone was for sure feeding them with those numbers)
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

If people feed them bread, they get sick. At least feed them vegetables.
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valw@reddit

Actually that is not true. It is like feeding them junk food. It is not nutritious, but it is not harmful.
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

It can cause "angel wing syndrome," from what I've heard. Not directly, but the lack of nutrient-dense food can lead to it.
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valw@reddit

> The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said it was fine to feed small amounts of bread to ducks but people should also feed them sweetcorn, porridge oats, peas and bird seed. Just like us, birds need a varied diet to stay healthy, said Tony Whitehead from the charity. Although ducks and swans can digest all types of bread, too much can leave them feeling full without giving them all of the important vitamins, minerals and nutrients they need. So, although bread isn't harmful, our advice is to only feed small amounts to birds."> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-50081386 (sorry the formatting screwed up)
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Traditional-Job-411@reddit

Oh I know now, but when I was a kid (7) and before this was known, we lived on a creek and my aunt worked at a bakery. She bring home leftover bread every day and I would feed ducks loafs of bread from my lap. Just sit and hold the loaf of bread. There would be hundreds of ducks swarming me and climbing me.  I know better now and we eventually stopped but there was a definite population changed when we stopped. My guess is from experience haha. I do NOT recommend this now. You’d probably still get swarmed if you had veggies and they were used to eating them.
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1981drv2@reddit

The person feeding them (at least the largest contributor) quit a couple months ago, but the change had already occurred by then. I’m thinking it’s probably an accumulation of conditions.
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Suspicious_Effort731@reddit

Maybe the fox population shot up
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onesadnugget@reddit

Bird flu more likely
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Usual_Zombie6765@reddit

More coyotes, deer, raccoons, skunks, hogs, alligators, armadillos, wasp and bees. Less butterflies and fireflies. Same number of junebugs.
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weeniehutjunior1234@reddit

Definitely less lightning bugs. Sad.
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Asparagus9000@reddit

They only lay eggs in piles of dead leaves. Everybody rakes their leaves nowadays. 
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calicoskiies@reddit

I feel like I’ve been seeing less and less since I was a teen and I’m in my mid 30s. I don’t recall seeing any last summer.
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notagreatgamer@reddit

Eagle sightings were a huge deal in the Puget Sound area growing up. Now it’s almost daily. Not that I’m complaining!
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bootsnfish@reddit

I'm in Oregon and it's the same. When I was a kid you would hear about eagle sightings like someone had seen a ninja turtle.
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

yeah they were like mythical creatures when I was growing up and now I regularly spot them scooping fish out of the river while I zone out on work calls - I'm still not used to it! 
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bootsnfish@reddit

I even see them in Portland west hills area. Also, hawks, Osprey and turkey vultures have made a big comeback. I assume this is mostly from getting rid of DDT but I don't actually know.
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8amteetime@reddit

North San Diego County here. No June bugs at all anymore. The crow population is drastically reduced since last summer. Fewer pelicans on the coast. We have mosquitoes now. There seem to be more coyotes.
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JonAmonster@reddit

We used to get swarms of June bugs - I'll see a few in a summer now.
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

the June bug swarms of yore quite literally still haunt my dreams. 
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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

More coyotes. That's because a bunch of people got chickens and have no idea how to predator proof. That directly impacts the rabbit population. Plenty of deer. More boxelder and brown marmorated stink bugs. Tons of butterflies, birds, squirrels.
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

THE STINK BUGS. SUCH DOCILE MENACES. 
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huhwhat90@reddit

The rabbits are breeding like rabbits! I saw 5 of them one morning!
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

I watched two chase each other in circles around my shed for a full 90 seconds the other morning and thought oh my god you two get a room already
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Unique_Bend_3890@reddit

I’ve seen fewer rabbits and more everything else. We have tons of fireflies and mosquitoes too, unfortunately. My backyard has a bit of woods behind it and we’ve been visited by a groundhog, raccoon and skunk recently. We usually have a bunch of rabbits but then again,I have neighbors who let their dogs roam so that may be the issue.
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

this reminds me I used to see way more skunks as a kid, and nothing makes you high tail it (pun intended?) to the house quite so quick.... 
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Donburi_Enjoyer@reddit

When I first moved into my house we have 5 acres and we heard no insects unless we were near the perimeter of the property. All of our land is cut grass. We decided to let areas grow wild and kind of tossed local wildflowers around too. We do have cut paths through the wild. But bugs came and bugs brought small wildlife and larger and larger. We now have deer commonly spending a lot of time in the tall grass even. So many birds and butterflies come around too. It was almost a desert now it’s so packed with life. We leave it all winter too. We used to have mice in the house but they stay out in the habitat now. I have not seen a mouse or any evidence of them in two years. They were so prevalent before too. I know that’s probably not what was asked specifically about but I really wanted to share since it makes me so happy to give a lot of land back to nature and not really have to work so hard to maintain it
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

there's been a ton of conservation efforts in the area where I live (restoring farmed acreage to prairie) and the amount of wildlife and wetlands that have returned is truly remarkable 
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Secure-Reporter-5647@reddit

I'm in North Central Illinois and there have been huge increases in beavers and bald eagles since I was a kid (90s), also see a lot more large wading birds like herons, egrets, and cranes. Migratory paths have changed so now there are pelicans all summer long that never used to come through here. Lots of conservation efforts in this area in the last 15 years so some pretty significant repopulation happening. 
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lowkeyoldman@reddit

We have a new invasive dove species pushing out the mourning doves. They are huge and loud… I am seeing new species of migratory birds each spring as well.
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lets_talk2566@reddit

No bugs on the windshield of my car. They're kind of important for the ecosystem of our world.
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BulldMc@reddit

I'm pretty sure I've seen more possums in the past couple years than the rest of the past twenty.
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foxsable@reddit

Decreased lovebugs-Florida
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4514N_DUD3@reddit

The low insect population is alarming but the larger species are thriving. CPW does a good job with Wildlife management... although the state government has been interfering.
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Figgler@reddit

I’ve noticed a resurgence in red tailed hawks and bald eagles in the last few years. The only decrease I’ve noticed is large elk herds.
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4514N_DUD3@reddit

Brutal winter few years back decimated swaths of the elk population. It's recovering though. CPW does a good job with wildlife management. I hunt around the NW regions where it was hit the hardest and noticed the herd sizes are getting larger again.
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seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit

Less bugs. When I was a child the windshield would get plastered with dead bugs. Less wooley bear caterpillars. huge influx of eastern cotton tails. I live in the city now compared to my youth. I have never seen a littler garter snake in the city. My childhood area had more frogs too. In my city neighborhood we have gained some osprey. Since 2006. Our first year with some osprey was 2004. Last summer I also saw a red tail hawk just sitting on the fence near my artery street. We have a blackberry bramble at the base of the fence and it was hunting.
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Ok_Huckleberry1027@reddit

More wolves, less elk.
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PoliticalJunkDrawer@reddit

Lightning bugs (fireflies) are definitely doing better than a few years ago. I'd say birds are as well. So many birds. I've been watching birds for a long time, and the last few years the variety and number seems so much higher. We had a good Turkey harvest this year in the state, after a few years of suspected declining population, but that was attributed to increased predation, not humans.
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LobsterNo3435@reddit

I'm seeing Fireflies!!! South East State! Been long time.
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Red_Beard_Rising@reddit

The cat population in my house doubled recently. Yea, fireflies were common growing up. Last summer I saw them for the first time in years. Butter lies and rabbits come and go from year to year. The others I don't see much around here.
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BenefitFew5204@reddit

I haven't seen a wooly bear caterpillar in years.
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lsp2005@reddit

My kids call me Snow White. We have: chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, fox, deer, robins, blue jays, cardinals, crows, hawks, owls, lightning bugs, and butterflies in my yard. I also took up gardening this year and so we have vegetables too. 
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Jass0602@reddit

That’s so cute! Just curious, whereabouts are you? I’m in the south and I’ve only seen a cardinal like once or twice. They are so pretty!
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GreeenCircles@reddit

I’ve never seen one! I’ve always wanted to but the few times I’ve been to an area of the country that has them I haven’t seen one.
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dgillz@reddit

I live about as far south in Alabama as you can get and I see cardinals almost daily.
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Carrotcake1988@reddit

Not the person that you’re asking.  But, the thing that I hate about cardinals? It’s their call. It sounds like the chirp from a dieing  battery in a smoke detector. 
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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

We have plenty of cardinals up here in Missouri.
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lsp2005@reddit

New Jersey. 
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Jass0602@reddit

Ahh
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rottenbox@reddit

That's my yard too. Well except deer although I frequently see them on the other side of my street that backs onto conservation/woods/park land.
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sean8877@reddit

Grew up in rural western MA in the '80s and didn't see tons of wildlife. My parents live there now and they are constantly sending me pics of bears, deer, fox, etc. in their yard. For some reason the populations got much larger there or else the animals migrated or something. Tons of wildlife there now so that's cool.
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Wrong-Cobbler8404@reddit

When I first got my drivers license almost 20 years ago I had to stop all the time to wipe insects off the windshield. I haven’t done that in years now. I do tend to see a lower amount of native birds and mammals and a much larger increase in invasive species like Sturnus vulgaris, Passer domesticus, and Felus catus.
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Miserable-Lawyer-233@reddit

No insects. When I first moved in, there were spiders everywhere, and other critters. 12 years later and nothing. They're all gone.
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Slight_Literature_67@reddit

I've noticed decreases in moths, butterflies, and fireflies. A few years ago, I would record 100s of moth species in a summer. The past two years, I'm lucky to see 50 or so different species. My neighbors use pesticides and TruGreen, so my efforts to convert my yard into a native plant wonderland are up against neighbors who don't want insects or anything ruining their lawns. The bird populations have also declined.
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dgillz@reddit

I agree with the increased except I would scratch bats and add bears and bobcats. I agree with the decrease except I would scratch turkeys.
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zornan66@reddit

I’ve noticed a huge decline in birds and insects over the last 30 years (Midwest USA). I would guess 1/2 are now gone.
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jml510@reddit

This is probably true everywhere, but I've noticed fewer bees now compared to when I was a kid.
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RIPdon_sutton@reddit

Lightening bugs have disappeared
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YourOldCellphone@reddit

Where I grew up the rabbit and coyote populations would fluctuate in opposite four year intervals. Some years there would be tons of rabbits, others you’d hear 50+ coyote packs in the hills cruising.
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jquailJ36@reddit

Lots of rabbits this year. Which probably relates directly to the increase in foxes. Coyotes we already had (unfortunately) but I've begun to see a lot more red fox than I used to.
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montanagrizfan@reddit

So many pigeons everywhere!
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meagainpansy@reddit

I used to drive up and down I-65 from Mobile to Birmingham, AL a lot 20 years ago. The front of your car would be caked in "love bugs". I don't remember the last time I even saw a dead bug on my car. That's pretty scary.
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DDDragon___salt@reddit

Everything lowkey has increased cept for hawks and falcons which have decreased by a ton. Also there used to be a lot of deer 3-4 years ago in my neighborhood but im mostly attributing their disappearance to everyone and their mother getting a dog during lockdown
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Xciv@reddit

Massive increase: Canadian Geese, Spotted Lanternfly Decrease: Pigeon, Mosquitos
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DustOne7437@reddit

I’m in the middle of a city with 450k people. Yet we see coyotes and foxes almost on a daily basis. Also large birds, like hawks and eagles are becoming really noticeable. The smaller animals are disappearing because of the predators.
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Ric_ooooo@reddit

More rabbits.
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domestic_omnom@reddit

I grew up in rural oklahoma..back in the 80s and 90s fireflies were everywhere. I left in 02 and moved back in 2014. There was one place in my hometown that had them. And even then there were few left. I have noticed a lot more raccoons though. Like... a lot more. Little fluffy bandits are everywhere now. I also find it absolutely hilarious that growing up there were urban legends about alligators in our lake. I moved back to find that yes, alligators absolutely live in the lake and are now a protected species.
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Offi95@reddit

Rabbits are much more common, sometimes deer now, we even had a random bear for the first time ever a few years back.
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Mistletokes@reddit

More birds I swear
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cloverhunter95@reddit

Bad tick year this year
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blaine-garrett@reddit

In the last few months, I've seen 2 dead deer on the side of the freeway... In the city limits. I've seen deer in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Mississippi gorge but never that far into the city. For locals, the last one was between Hennepin and Johnson exit of northbound 35w 2 weeks ago maybe.
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Elegant_Bluebird_460@reddit

Increased: Bears, coyotes, rabbits, crows Decreased: Honey bees, carpenter bees, geese
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misterlakatos@reddit

In NJ we have tons of deer and chipmunks (both are protected as well). We have a lot of ravens where I live as well.
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Spartan_Jeff@reddit

SE Michigan here. Over the past 30 years, I’ve noticed an increase in deer, foxes, coyotes, skunks, all kinds of birds, possums, turkeys, beavers and bats. Also a MASSIVE increase in geese just the past several years. Only thing I’ve noticed decrease is humans 😂
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Redbubble89@reddit

It's all foxes, deer, and squirels. Chipmunks vary. Some hawks. Too close to a major city for bats and light polution. No rabbits.
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etchedchampion@reddit

Sooooooooo many ticks this year.
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goretsky@reddit

Hello, I live in Colorado. I used to see foxes, raccoons, and the occasional snake in my neighborhood. I have seen raccoons in other parts of the city, but haven't seen a fox or snake here for a while. I never saw saw bobcats, coyotes, or mountain lions in my neighborhood in the 1990s, although neighbors mentioned the occasional sighting. I don't think I've seen any Monarch butterflies for 25 years In the last five years, I've noticed an increase in bears, bobcats, coyotes, rabbits, seen a mountain lion once, and I think I saw a wolf a couple of years ago. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
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CrushyOfTheSeas@reddit

I think the bugs are most noticeable. Probably a combo of decking population and windshield designs, but you used to have to clean bug splat off your windshield near every time you got gas. Now it seems rare to hit any substantial bugs like that.
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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

I’ve lived next to the woods for many years. I’ve noticed it’s either a big year for rabbits and chipmunks or it’s a big year for coyotes and foxes. This is a boom year for rabbits and chipmunks. We have at least three nests of babies this year and there are rabbits everywhere. Next year I anticipate a boom year for the coyotes and foxes, as they feast on the rabbit bounty.
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r_GenericNameHere@reddit

Normal variations of predator/prey levels. Currently on an uptick of prey animals, which means so we the next few years and uptick of predators will happen
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sknolii@reddit

The same chemical sprays that kill mosquitoes kill fireflies. Depending on the city, some trucks spray enormous areas to control mosquito population which decimates fireflies, bees, butterflies, etc. In years past, our house used to spray but stopped because we noticed a dramatic decline in "good" bugs.
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devilbunny@reddit

I'm sympathetic to this line of argument, but my childhood in mostly the 80s was full of fireflies, and we had trucks fogging insecticide driving through the streets on at least a weekly basis to kill mosquitoes. The neighborhood had been developed since the 1930s at least, so it wasn't new.
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Maynard078@reddit

The Sandhill Cranes on my lake used to be here for the summer months only; about five years they began to stay year-round. They're neat birds but have since destroyed the environmental balance. The frogs are almost completely gone now. The crappie died off three years ago. The perch did too. We have a lot fewer turtles than we once did. Fireflies are much fewer, as are butterflies. Carpenter bees are in greater numbers than ever, though.
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Nexant@reddit

Major increase in horse flies and flies. Decrease in fireflies but I think I read that may have been a byproduct from mosquito abatement.
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Electrical_Iron_1161@reddit

Ohio is having an increase in the black bear population
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LoudCrickets72@reddit

So is Missouri. Part of me is happy to hear that it is, but at the same time I don’t want to run into one. I know black bears aren’t nearly as dangerous as grizzly bears.
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devilbunny@reddit

Your odds are fairly low. I've seen one in my life, and it was on a very, very back road in the mountains of NC. Young, but not a cub - I'd guess 150-200 pounds, tops. Thought it was a large black dog at first.
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bootsnfish@reddit

More eagles, hawks and Osprey.
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SunShine365-@reddit

Non-native Eurasian collared doves seem to have replaced mourning doves in my area.
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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

We didn't get much around here to begin with. The only one I really noticed is that we get less bumblebees than we used to. They used to be attracted to the passion flowers that are now dead.
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Syndromia@reddit

Yes. Insect populations snd diversify have plummeted except for ticks and mosquitos Rsbbit populations have fallen, probably due to coyotes. This leads me to coyotes. The local pack has noticeably grown. Bats have come back as construction has decreased.
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Cool_Salary_2533@reddit

Increased: foxes, deer, feral cats Decreased: daddy long leg spiders, earwigs, skunks
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pheen@reddit

We used to have bats every night in the summer. I don’t remember the last time I saw a bat. This is in northern MN.
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Hello_Hangnail@reddit

No more Monarch or Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. Haven't seen either in years. And it's mid June and I haven't seen a single lightning bug yet. That's a bit... distressing
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growerdan@reddit

Depends on how much time my dogs spends outside he likes to chase away the animals. I have lost of rabbits this year since my cat didn’t come home one night. Turkeys are pretty spotty. Some years I have 15 baby turkeys hanging out in my yard others I get nothing all year. Deer are a constant pest. They are my lawn inspectors. Anytime i change something around when the deer come through in the evening they need to inspect what happened. I never had lots of firefly’s or butterflies but I have a ton of caterpillars this year. I had a scary amount of them climbing my siding on a daily basis back in spring.
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AtheneSchmidt@reddit

When I moved here there were several foxes, lots of rabbits, and at least 1 hawk in the neighborhood. I haven't seen a fox in several years, the bunny population shrank, and is growing again, and I saw a hawk again for the first time in about 4 years.
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anotherdamnscorpio@reddit

Indigo Buntings usually show up for a week or so in spring. They've stuck around this year.
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hobokobo1028@reddit

LOTS of baby birds and fowls this year! Bumper crop
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stripmallbars@reddit

I’m in middle Tennessee and there are just no bugs. No crickets. We have red paper wasps and ants and plenty of chiggers and ticks. It’s just silent at night and I live in the woods. It’s creepy.
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BigCcountyHallelujah@reddit

NC. I agree way fewer bugs. Seen more turkeys then I ever have. Rabbits are everywhere this year, but they rotate up and down. I am worried about bugs. Feel like we are all gonna die if bugs don't recover.
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Ok_Motor_3069@reddit

That’s a realistic concern, unfortunately.
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Commmercial_Crab4433@reddit

Increased rabbits. Fewer local birds. More cardinals and blue jays. Fewer migratory birds. More bugs in general. More lightning bugs than last year, but way less than there used to be. Fewer butterflies and moths. Fewer bees.
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itsmyparty45@reddit

It's the opposite in my neighborhood. We have more coyotes and fewer rabbits. Last year was the first year I didn't see any rabbits in my yard. This year we have one. Although I'm not sure I would notice if I was seeing different rabbits at separate times. In the past, though, I would see multiple rabbits at the same time. I watch for them every day when I'm washing the dishes.
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MeepleMerson@reddit

Where I live: fewer bugs, frogs, newts, and songbirds , more turkeys, rabbits, chipmunks, coyotes, and hawks.
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Maleficent_Scale_296@reddit

Years ago if I drove across my state (Washington) I’d have had to wash the bugs off the windshield several times. I drove across recently and never had to.
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Ok_Motor_3069@reddit

Yes. There are more Armadillos, more Bald Eagles, more vultures, fewer blue jays, more coyotes, fewer moles, more deer.
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geneb0323@reddit

Huge increases in deer and squirrels for sure. I can barely shoot the squirrels fast enough to keep their population in check. The deer destroy every bit of our yard that they can reach and have now started jumping into our fenced back yard to destroy it as well. They also apparently know exactly when hunting season starts and make themselves scarce at that point so I haven't had much opportunity to reduce their population. Outside of mammals, it seems that there have also been huge increases in mosquito, tick, and ant populations. It's a constant war with all 3 every year in my house. I haven't really noticed much of a reduction in anything. We don't use any chemicals for anything and keep tons of plants that flower and fruit at various times of the year and it shows. Most animals and bugs like to be in our yard so we have tons of butterflies, bees (both many kinds of native bees and honeybees), wasps, lightning bugs, beetles, etc. around. I also regularly see chipmunks, possums, raccoons, various kinds of snakes, dozens of kinds of birds, several kinds of lizards, several kinds of frogs and toads, salamanders, crayfish, foxes coyotes, etc. all the time in addition to the aforementioned squirrels and deer.
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silent-writer097@reddit

No mountain lions at low elevations so far this year, which means theres enough food and water up high to keep them happy. Welcome change from the past few years.
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HardyMenace@reddit

Deer, foxes, songbirds, birds of prey, bats, all insects, and beavers have all seemed to have disappeared from my area (well, the deer didn't disappear but they have definitely decreased). Rabbits, skunks, opossums, and racoons are thriving.
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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

As a kid, fireflies were rare around me. We'd see probably one a month, and itd be a cool thing. But the last few years I was there, we'd see dozens each night.
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MKE-Henry@reddit

Huge increase in bunny rabbits. Last summer I would often see them on my way to work and it brightened my day. Now they’re just everywhere all the time. They’re more common than squirrels it seems.
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anadem@reddit

Huge increase in the number of crows here .. used to be few, now very very many Insect apocalypse: we have very very few bugs; my car windshield used to get covered in them from a drive, now almost none Monarch butterflies have almost disappeared; there used to be fifty to a hundred thousand overwintering here (California coast), last year about a thousand and less than 500 the year before
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i-touched-morrissey@reddit

Kansas: we have turkeys ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE. There's one that hangs out on the outskirts of Wichita and everyone knows it and watches out for it. My mom has a pack of them that run through her yard every couple of days. I haven't seen any fireflies this year, and we usually have a lot because our yard is perfect for them. Deer are everywhere. Butterflies are dwindling. Bees are dwindling. Even wasps are dwindling. Coyotes and foxes are all over the place, too. They are often seen in the city limits. Geese and ducks are pretty common as well.
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HarveyMushman72@reddit

Increase of turkeys in town. Game and Fish have had to capture and relocate them.
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NoKindnessIsWasted@reddit

Massachusetts : Bugs is the major thing. Way fewer bugs. Fewer frogs and virtually no toads. Fewer birds of a bunch of varieties. I've been a birder for 50 years- birds that used to be a given I just don't see anymore. I do notice some changes over the years in populations but it could be natural patterns. Like WTF is with all the killdeers this year? Some years I'll see lots of fishers and then some years lots of beavers. This year has been a Gray fox and Black bear year and lots of red shouldered hawks. Sadly, I've never seen so much mange as in the past few years. Rodenticide may not only harm those animals but actually their offspring as well. It's fucking terrible to see.
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thecathugger@reddit

I grew up in the upper Midwest. 30 years ago there were so many different kinds of insects. They’d splatter on windshields and have to be squeegeed off. I can’t remember the last time I had to do that. I haven’t seen a June bug in years, maybe decades. There used to be so many moths flying around the porch lights. Grasshoppers and katydids on plants. Loads of bees. I still see mosquitoes and occasional fireflies. Cicadas will show up soon. Over all though, we’re losing a lot of insect biodiversity and it will impact the food chain, birds and bats specifically.
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Rare-Newspaper8530@reddit

Yes, the college students went home for the summer. Traffic is now much better and there's not mile-long lines everywhere at all times.
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Meilingcrusader@reddit

I saw a firefly last night and it was amazing. I do think there have been more hawks. Also, I've noticed an increase in farm animals. I have heard they r becoming more popular. I saw today in a field that was previously just horses some dairy cows
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Important_Car9833@reddit

Ive noticed less bugs around where i live so kind of yeah
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whatintheactualfeth@reddit

Less birds in general. 10 years ago, we couldn't sleep with our bedroom windows open because at around 4 a.m., the birds would be so loud, sleep would be impossible. 2 or 3 years ago, I remember laying in bed at around 6 a.m. and I didn't hear a single bird chirping. Now there are birds again, but nowhere near the numbers that were here.
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Sufficient_Cod1948@reddit

I've noticed a big increase in turkeys. 5+ years ago, seeing a turkey in Boston was a rarity. Now it's a common, almost daily occurrence. They're just bigger, dumber pigeons.
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Frank_chevelle@reddit

I live in the suburbs of Detroit and I’ve noticed an increase in deer and coyotes. My doorbell cam caught a group of 4 wandering around my front yard in October. They eventually ended up in my backyard for a few hours before running away. Also saw a turkey earlier that year when I was on a walk. Never saw one near the house before. Not sure what had decreased. Probably some insects. I would say. I still see bees and fireflies though.
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muddymar@reddit

Yes, actually more! I’ve lived on a river for 20 years and the last few I’ve have seen many more eagles and osprey. More foxes and coyotes and a flock of sand hill cranes stopped through this spring. I am old enough to remember the worry of eagles going extinct because of ddt pesticides. It’s a small thing that shows we can make a difference!
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fastowl76@reddit

Only seen one horny toad in the last 15 years. And we now have feral hogs in the last 5 years plus fire ants in the last 10 years.
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Carrotcake1988@reddit

Less fireflies. They used to be so many. They are more random now. 
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GarneNilbog@reddit

I'm being overrun with grove snails suddenly this year, and I've never seen them before. I've lived in this state my entire life, and this house 13 years. But suddenly starting last spring, multitudes of huge bright yellow to dark brown colored striped snails crawling all over my house foundation, walkway, and front steps every time it rains. We have to watch our step or we smoosh them.
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Sloth_Triumph@reddit

Increase in bunnies and turkeys 
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HoldOnHelden@reddit

More rabbits, fewer chipmunks. So many rabbits!!! I live in the city.
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MGaCici@reddit

We have more bears showing up. Subdivisions keep going in and bears are coming out of the woods. We also have a larger population of fox. The wasps and hornets have declined though.
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Lugbor@reddit

I've seen a surprising number of turkeys in the last year, and if you actually let the grass grow, you'd see more fireflies. The hunters have been doing a decent job at keeping the deer population down, though.
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casapantalones@reddit

I have lived in my house for 10 years and just this spring have started seeing rabbits in the neighborhood and nearby park!
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DeltaFlyer0525@reddit

Yes. We have significantly less birds at our lake this year. We normally have thousands of Canadian geese and mallard ducks that have their babies here every summer and this year we have maybe in the hundreds at most. I have also not seen a single horned owl and we normally have a few dozen in the trees surrounding the lake. I haven’t seen nearly as many of the larger song birds either, but a large increase in house finches, grackles, and sparrows.
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CSamCovey@reddit

We used to have thousands of quail in my neighborhood and I haven’t seen one in about five years. We definitely had a fox problem for a while.
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gaudiest-ivy@reddit

I've actually seen way more fireflies this year in my area and it's making me so happy.
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

Here in rural Colorado, there seems to be a healthy population of bears, deer, hawks, magpies, crows, and ravens. But I hardly ever notice BUGS anymore. Summer used to be full of flies, and I haven't seen one.
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Ambitious_Hold_5435@reddit

Here in rural Colorado, there seems to be a healthy population of bears, deer, hawks, magpies, crows, and ravens. But I hardly ever notice BUGS anymore. Summer used to be full of flies, and I haven't seen one.
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raksha25@reddit

More wild turkeys. Fewer turtles, bees, hummingbirds, wasps, fireflies, opossums, raccoons, frogs… The list goes on. My local gardening pages have so many comments about the lack of pollinators. Considering the amount plain grass. Manicured lawns that look like a golf course, I’m not surprised. I know my neighbors do not like us because our yard is a bit wild, but at least there is actual life going on in ours.
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brak-0666@reddit

Fewer Fireflies. Someone has been putting koi in the retention pond near me, so we've got a lot more raptors than we used to.
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IllTemperedOldWoman@reddit

Yes. They are bolder/more obvious now because people don't kill them on sight anymore.
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_Poopacabra@reddit

Out of what you listed, I see tons of Turkeys and Deer. Not many rabbits in this area, I think because there are lots of owls and eagles.
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Traditional-Job-411@reddit

Nutria! Went from never even have heard of such an animal 7 years ago and now at every bridge you see one chilling by the rd. The invasive species is for sure invading
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Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit

Fireflies require long, unmowed, undisturbed grass. Fortunately, where i live, there are a lot of pastured areas, so we have a lot of fireflies. We have a lot of everything else too. The dog keeps the coyotes and raccoons away, so the rabbit population in my yard is really high. Fortunately, the barn cats keep them out of my garden. There are a lot of hawks and eagles around, but the dog keeps them away, too. We do have a bunch of turkey and quail in the pastured areas. Deer got hut hard a couple of years ago from something, they have not bounced back.
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MiketheTzar@reddit

More: birds, squirrels, and larger rodents (beavers, ground hogs,etc) Less: deer, reptiles, snakes
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ApLDapL@reddit

Definitely, bug populations have dwindled, animals everywhere are dwindling, coyotes, armadillos, possums, bears, deer I live in Florida, and developments that are popping up everywhere are horrible. Cutting down swaths of forest with no regard for our wildlife. Luckily, I live behind a nature preserve, so the deer population in my neighborhood has exploded. But that's only because we are the last place they have to flee. There are so many animal carcasses on the roads, smoke and smog in the air from burning and what was once horse country, and agricultural land. Plywood houses as far as the eye can see in which will fall in the next hurricane.
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Jass0602@reddit

Yep, Florida for sure. I hate with all the development they aren’t just tearing up land in the middle of cities and towns, they are wiping out natural areas everywhere :(
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biddily@reddit

Increase in rabbits and turkeys. I'm not sure there are as many birds. It's quieter.
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Jass0602@reddit

I’m in Florida. Increase: lizards, ants, crawly bugs of all kinds Less: birds, butterflies, bees, fireflies, turtles
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Effective_Pear4760@reddit

Less songbirds, more Canada geese
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elphaba00@reddit

When I vacationed in St Pete Beach this February, I was shocked that I didn't see any of the little brown anoles running around. Whenever we went there in the past, they were all over the place. But my son came back from Disney World last week, and he showed me a picture of one on his phone. He said he didn't know what they were, but they were everywhere, especially Animal Kingdom. Maybe they just all migrated to Orlando.
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nylondragon64@reddit

The bald eagle is back on long island N.Y.
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mechanicalpencilly@reddit

Yes. We used to have two dozen deer or more in the fields. Now it's only 4 or 5.
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No-Possibility5556@reddit

From my time in CA, massive decrease in deer and increase in coyotes and mountain lions. Hunting would fix this pretty easily but the political capital to make that happen doesn’t exist in the state.
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igottathinkofaname@reddit

Crows are much more common than when I was a kid. Deer significantly less so.
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Hot_Secretary2665@reddit

Been seeing more opossums than I used to when walking my dog. It seems foreboding that as many other animal populations are declining, their numbers are increasing. But I have been a bit pessimistic lately.
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Angry-Dragon-1331@reddit

I live in East Tennessee. We’ve pushed so far into our wild places that bears in downtown Gatlinburg are a weekly occurrence that almost always leads to the death of the bear because some dumbass tourist fed them.
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Cake_Donut1301@reddit

Lots more rabbits. No fireflies any more.
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Advanced-Bird-1470@reddit

We didn’t used to have armadillos in NC and there have been reports the past few years. But as others have mentioned I hear as many coyotes living just outside the city now as I used to in the middle of nowhere (literally a national forest).
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Ewredditsucksnow@reddit

There was a gnarly avian flu going around a few years ago in New England as a result a lot of bird populations are down. I think that is why there is such an increase in ticks.
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allmediocrevibes@reddit

More deer and foxes. Return of coyotes and bald eagles. Some reported black bear but those are thought to be transient. There has a growing number of them in the counties east of me. Far fewer insects in general
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Scary-Link983@reddit

Yea, the squirrels are out of control and decided to start squatting in my attic so❤️
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EffectiveSalamander@reddit

A few years ago, I started seeing swans here in Minnesota. I never saw them when I was a kid. We also have a lot of turkeys in Minneapolis. We're used to them now, but about a decade ago, it was a very unusual sight.
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TheNozzler@reddit

My wild bird population has decreased around my bird feeders.
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LuvinMyThuderGut@reddit

A lot of flies. 
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No-Profession422@reddit

Lots of rabbits, which means coyotes, bobcats, feral cats. Lot of Hawks, song birds, ground squirrels.
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manicpixidreamgirl04@reddit

increased coyotes
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