What wildlife do you see on your rides?

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-19-2009, 06:41 PM

The official state mammal! The was actually at our campsite post mountain bike ride, but close enough.

**limewave** · 07-20-2009, 04:50 AM

So, I didn't find this on a ride, but I didn't know where to post this so it's going here. This was scrounging in our yard yesterday morning. It looked very wild. It was about the size of a large lab, except it was very lean and muscular. Long white face. Ringed tail and large black paws.

Labradoodle experiment gone wrong???? Definitely not a red fox (I've had a lot of people say that). It was about twice the size of a fox and, as I mentioned earlier, it has a ringed tail.

**lo123** · 07-20-2009, 08:50 AM

There's a ZONKEY on one of my weekly routes. A zonkey is a Zebra/Donkey hybrid. He's very cute.

I just saw the guy this week, though he's been there for years apparently.
I need to remember to take a camera on my next ride.

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-20-2009, 01:54 PM

Please take a picture of the ZONKEY!

**lo123** · 07-22-2009, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

Please take a picture of the ZONKEY!

I plan on it. Going to try on Thursday. Don't want to get dropped from the group ride though

**PamNY** · 07-22-2009, 02:31 PM

I want to see the zonkey, too.

I'm still watching the lone surviving baby hawk grow up. On Monday he killed a squirrel and didn't seem to know what to do with it. I don't think he can fly with something that big in his talons.

My current favorite series of hawk photos:

http://palemale.com/june172009.html

**lo123** · 07-28-2009, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by PamNY

I want to see the zonkey, too.

Of course now that I'm determined to get a pic of the thing, it hasn't been visible from the road!

**Biciclista** · 07-20-2009, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by limewave

So, I didn't find this on a ride, but I didn't know where to post this so it's going here. This was scrounging in our yard yesterday morning. It looked very wild. It was about the size of a large lab, except it was very lean and muscular. Long white face. Ringed tail and large black paws.

Labradoodle experiment gone wrong???? Definitely not a red fox (I've had a lot of people say that). It was about twice the size of a fox and, as I mentioned earlier, it has a ringed tail.

Limewave, you posted it on the other thread too. It looks like a fox with ringworm.

**Kris** · 07-21-2009, 12:43 PM

DH says maybe a coyote with a skin disease? Maybe mange. Weird looking creature, for sure.

**Biciclista** · 07-21-2009, 01:05 PM

it's an extinct marsupial, the tasmanian wolf

**7rider** · 07-24-2009, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

it's an extinct marsupial, the tasmanian wolf

I was going to vote for South American coati (okay...maybe not

).

But, whatever...it doesn't look like a healthy beasty. I'd give it wide berth. Have you spoken to your local animal control or wildlife control group?

There used to be a zonkey up where I lived years ago. Saw it a bunch of times - never photographed it. Then, it disappeared and I was bummed...

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