What wildlife do you see on your rides?

**Kris** · 07-21-2009, 12:43 PM

DH says maybe a coyote with a skin disease? Maybe mange. Weird looking creature, for sure.

**Biciclista** · 07-21-2009, 01:05 PM

it's an extinct marsupial, the tasmanian wolf

**lo123** · 07-22-2009, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

Please take a picture of the ZONKEY!

I plan on it. Going to try on Thursday. Don't want to get dropped from the group ride though

**PamNY** · 07-22-2009, 02:31 PM

I want to see the zonkey, too.

I'm still watching the lone surviving baby hawk grow up. On Monday he killed a squirrel and didn't seem to know what to do with it. I don't think he can fly with something that big in his talons.

My current favorite series of hawk photos:

http://palemale.com/june172009.html

**7rider** · 07-24-2009, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

it's an extinct marsupial, the tasmanian wolf

I was going to vote for South American coati (okay...maybe not

).

But, whatever...it doesn't look like a healthy beasty. I'd give it wide berth. Have you spoken to your local animal control or wildlife control group?

There used to be a zonkey up where I lived years ago. Saw it a bunch of times - never photographed it. Then, it disappeared and I was bummed...

**lo123** · 07-28-2009, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by PamNY

I want to see the zonkey, too.

Of course now that I'm determined to get a pic of the thing, it hasn't been visible from the road!

**Tri Girl** · 07-29-2009, 04:46 PM

saw a buffalo today (or bison, if you prefer) and some longhorn steer.
Got about 5 feet from the buffalo (creeeepy), and the steer too (not as creeeeepy).

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-30-2009, 03:46 AM

Baby buffalo may be the cutest thing ever. I saw some in the fields of the LBJ ranch about a month ago.

I am an Aggie but I dream of one day raising some Longhorn cattle. They are impressive animals!

**crazycanuck** · 07-30-2009, 04:12 AM

Awwww..a buffalo/bison! I'm a fan

They're beautiful creatures

**Tri Girl** · 07-30-2009, 06:41 AM

There were about 4 babies in the herd I saw, and yes, they are the most adorable creatures. Then again, all baby animals are adorable (bears, buffalo, tigers, lions) but they lose their cuteness when they grow up and can kill you. Did you know buffalo have humps to counterbalance their enormous heads and that they can run up to 40 mph? Neither did I.

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-30-2009, 11:17 AM

I actually think the adults are kinda cute in a "they're so ugly they;re cute" way.

**crazycanuck** · 07-30-2009, 09:12 PM

My auntie n uncle raise buffalo (in Alberta) & like most farms have feral cats. Whilst visiting them, they told us about how frightened the bison were of the cats! Hard to imagine but true!!!

**Jen72** · 08-01-2009, 06:14 PM

I was so excited. I recently just saw a Spotted Owl sitting in a low branch just over my head during a late morning ride. I tried to take pictures with my cell phone but it just couldn't get a good pic due to the bright lighting.

**sundial** · 08-03-2009, 04:31 PM

I saw a fox peeking from a culvert.

I also saw a dead copperhead.

**spazzdog** · 08-04-2009, 10:22 AM

I live in the city... in a not so great area. The wildlife I see is highly unusual and unique to areas like mine.

In the early morning - "Wild-haired, hot-pansed street walker" as they return to their dens

In the evening - "gaggles of baggy-jeans heat packing street pharmaceutical dealers"

Ride fast, don't stare.

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