I've had gators at the front door, and sand hill cranes at my window. I've had what amounted to a pet anole on the 'sunporch'. I know all my neighbor's dogs by name. I've seen a flock of Canadian geese for the last month, in addition to all sorts of birds. A flock of wood storks is a regular visitor. Blue Herons, Great Herons, Little Blue Herons, American Kestrels, about 5 kinds of hawks and that many varieties of woodpeckers. And, of course, feral cats, owls, armadillo, opossum, coyote, and racoon.
A developer just built about 40 new homes in my neighborhood, and removed about 100 acres of pine and oak woods. (in about a yr and a half). At least my view is more pastoral.
Oh, the thing I was meaning to say was that I saw a new kind of bird to me the other day. It was a duck with 2 chicks and she was headed straight to feral cat land. I tried to shoo her back toward the water, but, mother ducks are weird. She turned out to be a black bellied whistling duck! I didn't keep tabs or survival.
The other side of my area is the beginnings of the National Forest in Ocala.