I grew in a part of Pennsylvania that was in the mountains that had woods that were many square miles in size bordered with farms and very small villages. Most men spent most of their days outside working, fishing, hunting — It was a very special event to see up close a deer, an eagle, a wild turkey, a wild goose, a coyote, a family of newly hatched ducks. Elsewhere, around the world, alligators and wolves were on the endangered list. Polar bears were only seen in pages of the National Geographic.
BUT now, it seems we are over-run with deer — just this week I did or could have photographed from my not-so-rural Florida home – deer, hawks, eagles, alligators, bob cat, wild turkeys, and wild pigs and never walked more then 20 minutes from the house. I saw a news cast of polar bear photo vacation tours in Churchill, Canada within the price range of many vacations that my neighbors take every year. In Michigan every summer there are wild goose families in my front lawn eating grass along with duck families, and deer families. It is not real special to see a coyotes, a moose, or bear (some say wolves). It is fun to actually see this real “natural art form” — that we used to see only through photos art and “stuffed animals” in museums and magazines
Last week – 20 minute walk 
Why do you think this increase in the opportunities to view the beauty of nature has happened? — is it more tax dollars, hunting permit dollars, animals squeezed into smaller areas due to development, more disposable income and time to allot to this natural “art-form”, awareness of the beauty of nature, the realization 50 ago that we humans really could destroy our nature environment and we did stuff to fix it!!! Anyway, I sure enjoy the having this natural “art form” around where I live!
20 feet from the house 
10 minute walk from house Osprey building nest
From back door this AM
What ya’all think? Tell me.
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