I've done the same thing as you. I did have to evict a raccoon one year. He hung around and dug a hole in the fascia of my garage. When he left one evening I replaced the fascia that was rotten.

Love this. I am lucky, I have 10.5 acres - about 3, maybe a little more, is cleared and the rest is woods. I have a deer family that beds down at the bottom, a skunk family, several opossum, I have seen 2 fox & 3 raccoon and a bear was spotted about 1/2 mile away. ❤ my hideaway.

Sadly, my city does not allow this. They've even introduced fines for unacceptable landscaping.

Thank you for that, my sentiments exactly. When I lived in Seattle I landscaped the front and back yards and did so with an eye for getting a certification of habitat garden, which I got. Moving here that seemed silly as the property (1+acre) is pretty much full of creatures. We did plant some hummingbird plants and in the Spring/early summer several hummingbirds are all over them. However, there are some animals I don't want namely deer, rabbits and coons. I found a natural spray with garlic concentrate that keeps the deer away. I found pruning some plants like the chestnut tree attract deer and helps me get rid of the leaves. It has been a matter of selective attracting the deer.

thanks for doing that! We all need to do that as we encroach on their habitat

And we will be left quite alone with only our parasites for company. Every garden can be and should be a nature reserve.