What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[salsabike]

I know I'm not supposed to like raccoons, really, but I do.

And not on a ride, but on a run in Annapolis last weekend, I saw a fox for the first time in nature! Tried to take a cell phone pic but it was much faster than I.

Looks like a NICE day in Central Park.

[Tuckervill]

You can see to the right there why that coon was taking a chance with you.

Raccoons are quite bold. I've tried to get them away from my camp food many a night, without getting close to them. They won't budge if you're not standing right over them. Yelling, flashlights, rocks--nothing works. I'm not going to approach a coon because they carry rabies. Of course, I make sure all my food is locked up tight so they never get anything. But they have to investigate! Their little muddy footprints are cute!

My in-laws used to have a little red fox that lived nearby and it would treat us to a view through the dining room window almost every day. As soon as it heard any sound, though, it would zoom out of there back into the woods.

Karen

[Zen]

I saw a wild turkey on my drive into town this morning

[ridenread]

As I was riding yesterday I saw what looked like a large cat in the distance just sitting on the side of the road watching me. (I don't wear my prescription glasses when I ride)

Once I got up to it realized it was a large raccoon. It was just sitting there on the side of the road and got up on his two hind legs as I approached. I don't know if raccoons like to chase but I got up on my pedals and rode off as fast as I could.

Aren't raccoons nocturnal creatures? They are pretty cute though

[solobiker]

Saw a snake, actually 2 while mtn biking.

[OakLeaf]

Aren't raccoons nocturnal creatures?

I looked that up a couple of years ago because I was seeing them during the daytime and worried that they were rabid. Turns out it's pretty normal this time of year - the raccoons you see during daylight hours are new mothers who need more food than they can collect at night, and need to return to the nest often rather than being out all night foraging.

I saw a couple on my ride on Friday, too.

[JH-NV]

Today while riding the river path, my daughter and I came upon "a bunch" of feral cats! How odd. Close by is a local caterer. It was just so strange. The more we looked in the bushes on the side of the river, the more cats we saw. I will assume the caterer "drops scraps." Nice kitty, kitty......

[crazycanuck]

All I ever see are roos. Just me n da roos in da singletrack hood