What wildlife do you see on your rides?

**TrekTheKaty** · 09-02-2008, 04:05 PM

Geese, ducks, herons, deer, wild turkey, snakes (sunning themselves on the path--dh swears he saw a copperhead), and VERY LARGE SNAPPING turtles. DH saw two large BULLS on the Katy Trail. They scurried ahead of him and then suddenly turned around. He was afraid to turn back or try to go by so he stopped--finally they stared each other down, went to separate sides of the path and sprinted by each other! I'd love to have a pic of that!

**crazycanuck** · 09-02-2008, 04:22 PM

It's spring & with the warmer temps the creatures will be venturing out..

Someone spotted a few snakes along the Kwinana bike path last saturday..

**andtckrtoo** · 09-03-2008, 12:43 PM

When I mountain bike around here I see tons of deer and hawks (love watching hawks). But my scariest and most excelerating sighting was a bobcat on an early morning ride. Big sucker, but with a short tail, so it was a cat, not a lion. A few days later on the same trail I saw a coyote. I've also seen mountain lion foot prints, but I don't usually ride early enough to see lions, thankfully. Their paw prints are rather intimidating.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 09-03-2008, 01:00 PM

A white tailed deer crossed the road in front of me on my ride this morning. Big gangly teenage deer.

**jesvetmed** · 09-03-2008, 08:42 PM

One metal elk -- a carved one on the side of a barn I passed tonight!
Other than that, nothing NON-domesticated... lots of goats, sheep, horses and cows on tonight's ride. One LARGE hawk -- red-tailed perhaps? Seems early, but maybe! Oh, and the one orange fuzzy caterpillar. (Missed him!)

**Trekhawk** · 09-04-2008, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by crazycanuck

It's spring & with the warmer temps the creatures will be venturing out..

Someone spotted a few snakes along the Kwinana bike path last saturday..

Yikes!!
I will be keeping my eyes out for them at home now with so much bush around our place.

**crazycanuck** · 09-04-2008, 03:47 AM

Trekhawk....where there are bobtails, there are bound to be tiger snakes etc..

Be careful!!!

Have you seen any white tail or red back spiders yet?

**limewave** · 09-09-2008, 03:51 AM

I didn't see much wildlife this morning. But I did see the end of the rainbow. Had to run back in the house to get the camera. Hopefully the pictures turn out.

**Aggie_Ama** · 09-09-2008, 04:10 AM

I read about some locals seeing rattlers at the mountain bike trails, I hope I never see them. I don't think there is anything I am more afraid of than a rattlesnake!

**crazycanuck** · 10-01-2008, 04:09 PM

I saw two bandicoots on my way home last night. I've never seen one & they were really cute!

I just did a search & yep..bandicoots

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/bandicoot.htm

**Trekhawk** · 10-16-2008, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by crazycanuck

Trekhawk....where there are bobtails, there are bound to be tiger snakes etc..

Be careful!!!

Have you seen any white tail or red back spiders yet?

Snakes are out and about now that is for sure. I was on a ride a few days ago and a car coming the other way slowed down and I thought ok what is this going to be about. Two guys were in the car and I though yikes Im out in the middle of nowhere I hope they are not going to hassle me. No they wanted to let me know that up the road a bit further was one huge snake crossing the road. Happily I did not see the snake and enjoyed the rest of my ride.

Seen lots of spiders including the two above. I don't worry too much about the spiders here after living in NSW home of the Sydney Funnel Web.
http://www.usq.edu.au/users/weppner/...web_spider.htm

You want to stay well away from those suckers.

**xeney** · 10-16-2008, 04:38 AM

We see lots of hawks on our rides, but this last time I am pretty sure I saw an owl in a tree. My pictures did not come out.

The ride before that we saw the usual flock of wild turkeys where we picnicked, and I expect to see them again today.

**dachshund** · 10-16-2008, 10:03 AM

Yesterday I rode by wild turkeys, a deer, and a squirrel, all hanging out at the same part of the road. Does that count as a trifecta?

None of them seemed the least bit perturbed by me. The squirrel was in the middle of the road sniffing at the plastic divider thing. I was thinking, "dude, don't spend too much time on that..."
Later when I came back, a squirrel tried to race across the street in front of me. Run!! He made it.

I also noticed some llamas at one of the farms, but I suppose they don't count as wildlife.

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