What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[solobiker]

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.

Yikes!! I should probably warn you...I am a snake magnet. I am not fond of snakes and I think that they know that because I seem to find them a lot when DH and I are out either hiking, biking, climbing..etc. I hope when we meet up to ride we don't run into one.

[Artista]

Yikes!! I should probably warn you...I am a snake magnet. I am not fond of snakes and I think that they know that because I seem to find them a lot when DH and I are out either hiking, biking, climbing..etc. I hope when we meet up to ride we don't run into one.

Hmmm...you wanna lead on our ride

[solobiker]

Hmmmmmm, thanks....I think I will pass. I better get back out on my bike..have not ridden in a few weeks. We have been too busy with hiking and next week we hope to take the kayaks out.

[Artista]

Hmmmmmm, thanks....I think I will pass. I better get back out on my bike..have not ridden in a few weeks. We have been too busy with hiking and next week we hope to take the kayaks out.

Alright, I'll take one for the team

[goldfinch]

Day before yesterday we say a mink chase a rabbit. We moved many turtles off the middle of the road.

Today a good size snapping turtle was on the road, we left him alone.

[PamNY]

Baby barn swallows! The nests are underneath a pier, so I can't get adorable four-baby-gapes-in-a-row photos, but I had some fun after they fledged:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8867349...7630322730678/

[Desert Tortoise]

Little bunnies are nothing new around here, there seems to be an explosion of them. But today was funny. There was a little junior size bunny trying to pull out a tender root from the dirt. He pulled and tugged, I've never seen a rabbit work so hard! He was still at it by the time I passed him.

The other thing is not what wildlife I saw but the results of what was out there. The cattle have been busy on the road. They turned the bike lane into an obstacle course with their cow patties.

[salsabike]

Baby barn swallows! The nests are underneath a pier, so I can't get adorable four-baby-gapes-in-a-row photos, but I had some fun after they fledged:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8867349...7630322730678/

Those are wonderful!