Update
In reply to Grimsby H. Baskerville (msg # 161):
The Facility I work at is a designated National Wildlife Reserve (Done for Tax purposes, I believe). I routinely see the young male Black Bear who lives on site; me and Bubba are good friends, he often saunters past my guard shack with an attitude - "Yeah, it's me. Deal."
There's also a pair of Florida Panthers (not sure if they are mated, or even related), but they run whenever they see a car (like my Patrol Jeep). I occasionally see anywhere from 1 to 5 of the small Whitetail Deer we have down here in Florida. In spring, summer and fall we have a couple of rafters of wild Turkeys running around (don't know where they go in the winter). And there are always Grey Foxes running all over the place.
And since the facility is a NWR, I can't even chase off the Buzzards! They are a breed of Turkey Buzzard that are on an "Ecological Concern" list, so I can't "risk traumatizing them" by chasing them away from the garbage bins! And, of course, the County Mosquito Control airplanes divert around us, so we don't get sprayed for Mosquitos, like everyone else in the County! There are nights when it feels like I'm being eaten alive!