Even though I live in an urban suburb near LA, CA, I've had a great experience w/wild life! I provide water for birds to drink & bathe & for other animals & a hum/bird feeder. I put out bird seed & have had morning doves, sparrows, finches, pigeons, starlings, a blue jay, a wdpecker, a quail, a bird hawk, owls, bats, mocking birds & other unk. birds. A 'flycather' built a mud nest under an eve w/ fledgelings. 4 legged animals incl. opossums, squirrels, a toad, & lizards. My 'backyard buddies!'