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  1. #1
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    I don't think it's related to the possum. Its tail just looks like a possum's when it's wet. Looking at the tail is how I distinguish it from a beaver when I see it. We have beavers, too, but I never see them on my rides.

    Karen

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    If I remember right from my Wildlife major days (Wildlife and Fisheries, not the other kind :-)) it is 'way closer to beaver than anything else.

    I always figured my Giant Nutra was sort of named after it. I know I resemble a plastered possum when it's raining...

  3. #3
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    Oh Tuckervill, none of us look our best when our tail is wet!!

    All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!

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    Speak for yourself. :::snicker:::

    Karen

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    I forgot!

    My son and I encountered a deer at Devil's Den a couple of times. Strangely enough it didn't run away, but just watched us go by, and it was still in the vicinity when we came back through. We did stop and watch it for a while. It was twitchy, but unconcerned.

    And then there was the time that the turkey flew up in front of him. That's why he lets me lead all the time, now.

    Karen

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    The other day a saw a roadrunner (beep beep) and a baby miniature donkey. The donkey was so cute!

    I forgot on the Tri County Hill Hopper the last two years we have seen some guineas (birds). That is an interesting one.

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    On today's "riding my bike to ride my bike" ride I found myself riding along a swathe of stubble at the edge of a golden wheatfield (I guess they started and decided it was not ready or something)...
    Suddenly a rustling sound caught my attention and I looked to see a gazelle. It leapt and bounded across the field. It was so graceful; hardly seemed to touch the ground. The only sound was the rustle of the wheat.
    Then I heard the kingfisher's typical screaming and looked up to see no less than 3 kingfishers. I so love their colours. They also do that thing of having one of last year's chicks help digging out this year's nest hole in a bank, RoadRaven, it's not only bee-eaters.

    I love this thread, in case you all hadn't already guessed

    All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!

  8. #8
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    I'm with tikiwi - pigeons.

    Also squirrels that like to run out in the road in front of me. An occasional seagull if I'm by the lake. Canadian geese. Ducks.

    For roadkill, usually oppossum and racoons. I saw a flat ground squirrel yesterday.
    "Only the meek get pinched, the bold survive"

  9. #9
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    I saw another doe today on my ride - these past 4 rides in a row I have seen at least one deer on my route - and they have been different routes! Hopefully they will continue to show themselves without running across the road in front of me

  10. #10
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    Saw several really big Desert Spiny Lizards this morning.

 

 

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