What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[Evie]

I love bats, and that snake is adorable! I don't think I've ever seen a stinkbug before. It IS pretty. Of course, I wouldn't want to examine it too closely...

I saw that weird thing that I mentioned a few pages back. This one had a tail! It was sticking almost straight up, and it wasn't bushy or anything--it just kind of tapered off to a sharp point. It reminded me of a horseshoe crab's tail. Unfortunately, this one was also running in front of a car, so I didn't see any colors or features. I'm going to sit down and look through Mom's huge North American Mammals book.

This doesn't count as wildlife, but I had the bejabbers scared out of me a few times last night. The first time, I stopped by an Amish farm to clean my glasses, and a few seconds later there was a Belgian horse in my face. I didn't even see it coming, because there weren't any streetlights back there. (At this point I was traveling by starlight; I was sort of lost.) The second time, I was totally focused on making it up a hill, and yet another Belgian snorted off to the side. I nearly fell off of my bike.

I love it when I ride by pastures and the cows start to follow me along the fence.