What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[beccaB]

We saw a water moccasin, which is a poisonous snake I thought lived only in the south. Growing up in Florida I learned how to identify the characteristics of a poisonous snake, so we made it get out of the road with a stick. we always move turtles if we can, and sometimes snakes. My husband didn't believe me that it was a water moccasin so he went home and looked it up on the internet, and sure enough I was right.

[PamNY]

What interesting wildlife sightings lately. Coyote is cool -- wild turkeys I've seen but never more than one at a time (odd, I know).

Norsegoddess, you had a banner wildlife day. Good fortune indeed.

Becca, I too thought water moccasins were only in the south, but obviously not.

[Owlie]

So did I--I know they're starting to move north, but all the way up in Michigan? Wow.

[MomOnBike]

I saw an otter the other day in a stream that runs through town. This surprised me.

[OakLeaf]

I saw a turtle about 4" across sitting in the middle of a pond ... on the back of another turtle maybe 12-14" across.

I wish now I'd tried to take a picture, although I didn't really think my phone has high enough resolution to capture it at that distance.

[redrhodie]

I had an egret fly so low over my head the other day, I could almost touch him.

Oh, cute Oak. Piggy back turtles.

[azfiddle]

I'm seeing a lot of (flat) Sonoran toads. The summer monsoon rainstorms get them out and moving to the temporary ponds for breeding. The rain brings out the tarantulas too....but I've only seen dead ones.

Lots of birds are out, nesting again with the summer rains.