There are many nuisance birds on Long Island. Pigeons, Starlings, English Sparrows and Woodpeckers are some of the common nuisance birds. Birds often become a nuisance when they roost, nest or feed in large numbers.

Gray Squirrels are Long Island's #1 nuisance animal. The suburban Gray Squirrel populations are well beyond the carrying capacity of almost every neighborhood on Long Island.

Muskrats are an occasional nuisance to homeowners who live near a pond or marsh. Muskrats will eat aquatic plants in landscaping ponds, erode the banks of a pond with their dens and feeding burrows and sometimes take up residence in a swimming pool.

Raccoons are one of Long Island's most common nuisance animals. Population densities have been estimated at 65+ raccoons per square mile across most of Long Island. Raccoons mate in January-February.

Woodchucks are becoming an increasingly more common nuisance animal on eastern Long Island. As more agricultural land is developed woodchucks are beginning to utilize backyard gardens as food sources and are burrowing under fences, sheds and decks to den and rear their young.