What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[Aggie_Ama]

I had a roadrunner move across the road in front of me the other day. Closest I have ever been to one in my life, he wasn't moving too fast.

Funny thing is growing up in Texas I never had seen one even though they are quite common. Once I started cycling I saw my first one and probably at least 10 in the last four years of cycling. They still excite me like some rare creature.

[mimitabby]

I've never seen a real roadrunner, from my point of view they ARE a rare and lovely creature.

[firenze11]

I almost always see snakes on the road - scratch that - I almost always see and almost run over the snakes I see on the road. Which is weird because I absolutely hate snakes. It's like that accident avoidance thing, if you look at what you're trying to miss, you'll probably hit it. If I don't want to see snakes, I see them all the time.

I also almost ran over a lazy chipmunk the other day.

Hmm, ok this thread is not called what wildlife do you almost run over on your rides.

I also saw some kind of coyote or wild dog thing on my last ride but I didn't get close enough to verify what it was. Can't ride fast enough for that kind of nonsense.

And I saw a beaver or otter once. I'm not sure which one it was but it was swimming happily in the stream.

[csr1210]

Yeah, I'm paranoid about running over a rattlesnake, but I guess that's really another thread....

Saturday, we saw a javelina and a bobcat -- unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for us - I dunno) they were both roadkill. Husband and I did a double take at the cat. I think he caught a bumper or grill guard while chasing something else (TOTALLY unidentifiable which did NOT make it) across the road. I wanted to take a picture of the bobcat and javelina just because it was so unusual to see them on our route, but I figured maybe that was just a little too gross (even though they weren't smashed up or anything), and I didn't want to become know as the road kill fanatic or anything.

Okay, I've probably just killed this thread -- just thought it was really neat to see the animals, but bummed cause they were dead.

Christy

[mimitabby]

sorry to say that our cars and skyscrapers kill an incredible number of wild animals. the skyscrapers with their reflective glass fool birds who fly into them by the millions and cars and trucks murder the rest.

Today on my ride i saw yet another of the tiny species of rabbit that seem to be indigenous to Puget Sound.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Today on my ride i saw yet another of the tiny species of rabbit that seem to be indigenous to Puget Sound.

bunny no more.

[mimitabby]

bunny no more.

no, this one was alive. He scampered away from me, into the black berries with his tail all puffed up.