What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[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?

[limewave]

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]

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]

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

[Biciclista]

I think I saw 2 bandicoots or something similar last night. I'm going to find some pics & figure out what I saw?

They were really though!

they were really though?

what's a quoll?

[Biciclista]

CC you have wild bandicoots?!?!??! that is awesome beyond words!

[crazycanuck]

A quoll is similar to a bandicoot but has a longer tail & more spots. They're more endangered than bandicoots.

I meant to type-they were really cute!-but must have hit my backspace button.

Friends of ours in Roleystone(hills area of perth) have tons of them in their yard at night! I just never get to see them

[arielmoon]

On yesterday's ride on the 3500 acre farm where I work I saw several hawks, a turtle, a small deer, and some turkeys. Way cool!

[Aggie_Ama]

Ariel- Hawks, how cool. My husband and I saw one grab a snake in a field and fly off, only one I have ever seen riding. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen, not for the snake of course.

On my commute home Tuesday I saw a lovely white crane. He decided his perch was unacceptably and moved a little further upstream, amazing to see those large birds gracefully fly.

I also saw a mama and baby goat curled up napping amongst the goats I see every commute. I wanted to stop but was sure my beeping HRM would startle them or the other goats would be curious and wake them moving. It was the sweetest thing ever though.

[arielmoon]

Ariel- Hawks, how cool. My husband and I saw one grab a snake in a field and fly off, only one I have ever seen riding. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen, not for the snake of course.

On my commute home Tuesday I saw a lovely white crane. He decided his perch was unacceptably and moved a little further upstream, amazing to see those large birds gracefully fly.

I also saw a mama and baby goat curled up napping amongst the goats I see every commute. I wan't to stop but was sure my beeping HRM would startle them or the other goats would be curious and wake them moving. It was the sweetest thing ever though.

Yes, we have lots of hawks here and a few bald eagles but I have not seen one on a ride yet.

Baby goats are soo adroable!!

One day I am going to get a picture of the buffalo I pass on one of my routes. They sometimes stand up on a berm by the road and it would make a great shot!

[alpinerabbit]

Saturday - MTB'ing....

we were biking in some vineyards when I saw a sheep caught in a net-type electric fence, wildly jerking around. She was probably trying to get to the "greener grass on the other side".

We first had to shut off the battery of the fence, undo the contact. Not sure if it was even turned on considering the sheep went through it in the first place.

then jump the fence and run down to the poor creature. I tried to calm her by talking to her, the netting was very tight where she had pulled it to the ground. We tried to loosen it up. She was rather calm but started retching when I tried to undo the tight webs - she'd just stuck her whole head right through it.
We finally managed to undo one of the main poles and get it loose. She collected her composure for a few, then took off to her mates.

We found a few people working the vineyards and asked them to call the owner.

Sorry creature, I'm sure she wasn't hurt. but those fences suck.
Nice soft fluffy coat.
I wonder if we managed to give her a feeling that we were there to help.

[RolliePollie]

Today I saw a fox...a huge one! I think it's a bit unusual to see foxes during the day. This one was beautiful and definitely the biggest fox I've ever seen!

Then I saw a snake. Instant panic! Even though it was very small, I rode really close to it because I didn't see it until the last minute. I was very unhappy to be so close!

Then when I got home, I saw the neighborhood peacock. He is so annoying. I want him to go back home. His owners keep coming and catching him but he just keeps coming back to our street. He is very pretty though...I'm give him credit for that.

[crazycanuck]

Your neighbours keep a peacock??

[Trekhawk]

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]

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.