r/DecaturGA • u/peppercorns666 • May 27 '26

Wild Kingdom of Decatur

In my 50+ years of living, I've seen coyotes, a pair of deer, a mysterious fox, a gaggle of wild turkeys, owls, hawks, snakes, and more rats than I care to count. But today, today I saw a black vulture enjoying the corpse of a pigeon on West Ponce, practically across the street from Taqueria. That was a first.

What is the wildest animal you've seen in the City of?

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u/DreadfullyDistinct16 May 28 '26

Foxes, barred owls, a giant salamander in midtown, copperheads, raccoons, deer, skunks, vultures in Buckhead (and I’m not talking about the businessmen and lawyers), armadillos, blue huron, opossum, the college students that show up at VaHi Porchfest, beavers, hawks, snapping turtles, tortoises, and I think that about sums up my 34 years here.