What wildlife do you see on your rides?

[light_sabe_r]

Okay... most of the wildlife I saw yesturday during the overcast morning.... Galahs, Magpies (Very aggressive little buggas), Noisy miners and Rainbow Lorikeets. Funny to see the lorikeets drunk on nectar. ^_^

[annie]

Are we only counting alive and breathing wildlife? Something about this time of year........... I see SO many roadkill racoons and snakes! Like the overflow that survived the relatively mild winter is now out there for the cars to destroy...... ick! I DO see some gorgeous blue herons, tho', when crossing the Mississippi (via bridge!) And in surrounding bodies of water. When they take off for flight - it can take your breath away!

annie

[margo49]

Okay... most of the wildlife I saw yesturday during the overcast morning.... Galahs, Magpies (Very aggressive little buggas), Noisy miners and Rainbow Lorikeets. Funny to see the lorikeets drunk on nectar. ^_^

I love descriptions of birds - even if you spell mynah "creatively"
Keep riding, keep posting

[Kano]

On rides around the neighborhood, we usually see magpies, squirrels, horses, cows, miniature horses and cows too! Canada Geese and Mallards, Snakes now and again, and yesterday a hawk -- being pestered by a pair of crows! One day recently, we found a badger -- poking his head out of a hole in the road, and another meandering down the street a few miles later. Also Rock Chuck, LOTS of Rock Chucks!

Karen in Boise

[vicvroom]

On Saturday, my huband called me from a motorcycle ride he was on. (I was on a bicycle ride in a different mountain range.) He and some friends had stopped at an abandoned missle site on the top of a mountain.

He asked me if he was looking at a condor - it was black with a red head and a ten foot wingspan, and it was flying within a few feet of them. I said it had to be, turkey vultures are a lot smaller. He was just in awe of it's size and how close it was. Unfortunately, he didn't have a camera with him.

After he hung up with me, two other condors came and were flying around them. A Fish and Wildlife guy who was tracking them showed up and told my husband and his friends that they were all zoo born and released into the wild as part of the recovery program. He said that it's best to try to scare them away from people, and asked them to leave, and rev their engines loud when they did, then he started banging on a metal tower.

I wish I had been there, I always miss the interesting animal sightings, like the time he saw the quail family, though I'm glad I missed his bear encounter.

[Nanci]

There was a joke when I lived in Minnesota:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the raccoon it _could_ be done!

Nanci

[Nanci]

That would be so amazing to see condors- one of the animals I've waited my whole life to see like the coral snake (seen), Gila Monster (not- but seen by Running Mommy!), armadillo (seen lots!!!).

Nanci

[JLD]

Last Sunday my friend and I were riding down a local boulevard, close to the green belt . We were half a field away when a wolf came tearing across the rode and ran into the field. He was a big fella--if indeed it was a he........I haven't seen a wolf around here in over ten years!

[mimitabby]

In the Seattle area we see bald eagles, hawks, great blue herons (HUGE) ospreys and lots of smaller birds.
We also see deer (on saturday I saw twin foals too )
We also have lots of road kill, husband ran over 4 slugs on saturday!