What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[malkin]

Ummm...out? Out of what?

Proudly waving a rainbow flag!

[goldfinch]

Saw a bobcat yesterday. Slight possibility it was a Canadian Lynx, the coloring and size fit with Lynx but the odds are with the bobcat.

[Desert Tortoise]

This morning saw a roadrunner with a juicy lizard hanging from its mouth. Watched him for a while (I was waiting for the cars to pass so I could turn left.) He looked so happy with his catch.

[Sky King]

We often see badgers but had to share this photo from our Owyhee Uplands trips. At the sighting, 4 of us were riding together, crossing a cattle guard, I was right behind someone on a fat bike and as I cross I hear the distinct rattle! So of course we have to stop and check it out. I wrote a huge "SNAKE" with an arrow to let riders behind us know. As we all filtered into camp that afternoon my DH says "snake?" I thought it said "snack"

[PamNY]

We often see badgers but had to share this photo from our Owyhee Uplands trips. At the sighting, 4 of us were riding together, crossing a cattle guard, I was right behind someone on a fat bike and as I cross I hear the distinct rattle! So of course we have to stop and check it out. I wrote a huge "SNAKE" with an arrow to let riders behind us know. As we all filtered into camp that afternoon my DH says "snake?" I thought it said "snack"

Wow, that's a great photo. Did your husband find a snack?

Desert, the roadrunner with his lizard meal must have been a funny sight.

[Desert Tortoise]

Got to see a family of baby quail crossing the road today. The babies (about 10) were no longer covered in down but were still very small. Usually around this time of year they are not so tiny. Or maybe its just the ones in my neighborhood.

They were so cute running across the road almost single file then scattering in the brush.

The next family I saw was definitely bigger. The "little ones" looked just a little smaller than the adults and they too behaved a little scattered like the babies.

[Artista]

We encountered this cranky fella on trail this morning. People were trapped on either side of this guy and no one could safely pass.

It was a good thing that someone else saw him and stopped, which alerted my husband that something was up so he also stopped. I never would have seen him while I was riding. I was alerted to his presence while still many yards away, stopped about 20 ft. from him, and still had trouble distinguishing him from the rocks for a few seconds.

After unsuccessfully trying to shoo him off the trail by tossing rocks and sticks near him, two riders managed to nudge him off the trail by pushing their bikes beside him. He protested with a few strikes at tires but finally relented and moved on.