Wildlife

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Originally Posted by Norseman

Just now on my lunch break while sitting on a bench overlooking the bay...

Peeping commotion overhead, look up to see an osprey evading a bald eagle, with a crow heckling them both from a few body lengths behind. They dogfight for maybe a minute, smaller osprey pulling some good maneuvers and holding its own... second eagle comes in fast from the side, forcing a couple desperate maneuvers from the osprey before it finally drops its fish... eagle does a barrel roll and catches the fish mid-air, 40 feet above the water. Both eagles fly together to a big spruce on the shore and are eating the score now.

Impressed by the teamwork, and by the osprey's flying ability with the mass of his catch.

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cool!

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Originally Posted by east or bust

finally saw my first desert tarantula(s) tonight! these things are so mellow!
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ew! spiders are gross enough without being huge and hairy, but cool spotting

Old Goat I finally found some pelicans in my photos for you
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My Mountain Biking Nightmare

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mounta...ket-knife.html

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New spider showed up overnight to guard a pair of my sunglasses and waders.
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Originally Posted by b-bear

cool!


ew! spiders are gross enough without being huge and hairy, but cool spotting

Old Goat I finally found some pelicans in my photos for you
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neat. and to think we get all excited about seeing one.

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Originally Posted by schindlerpiste

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Jumpers! Awesome. Where is that?

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Originally Posted by rideit

My Mountain Biking Nightmare

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mounta...ket-knife.html

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Ugh, agreed. The comments on that article are hilarious though.

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

Ugh, agreed. The comments on that article are hilarious though.

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The comments are funny and that guy is lucky to be here. Better carry this if your out with the big guys around.

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sleeping in the flower
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Originally Posted by refried

sleeping in the flower
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwww I wanna sleep in a flower! That looks awesome!

I had to drive down to sacto yesterday--on old 40 between Donner Pass and Soda Springs there were thousands of butterflies, heading south. I must have killed dozens. Heading back today they were crossing the freeway between Kingvale and Soda Springs as well as old 40. No idea what kind they are. I've seen swarms before but never this many.

sleeping in a flower sounds amazing.
like how boys had the race car bed, I would like a flower bed like that, please

also far off but caught this coyote in the field - maybe with another juvenile or carrying something? couldn't tell definitively
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A few critters from this weekend's bike ride


Biggest scorpion I've seen yet

http://www.habventures.com/photos/01...9/IMG_3417.jpg


Got buzzed by this guy on and off for 10 mins

http://www.habventures.com/photos/01...9/IMG_3449.jpg


Had been thinking I hadn't seen a rattler in quite a while. Soon as that thought crossed my mind I almost ran over this guy's head

http://www.habventures.com/photos/01...9/IMG_3462.jpg

2 scraggly looking coyotes today in Ravenna parkhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f547cb31ca.jpg

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Put for an evening hop and a quick nibble

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Originally Posted by KQ

Put for an evening hop and a quick nibble

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99% of the rabbits have died in the San Juan Islands in the past few weeks, there were thousands and you'd see them everywhere now you may see one . Over on San Juan Island they brought in red foxes to cut down on the number of rabbits but it only resulted in an overpopulation of foxes.

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Originally Posted by refried

99% of the rabbits have died in the San Juan Islands in the past few weeks, there were thousands and you'd see them everywhere now you may see one . Over on San Juan Island they brought in red foxes to cut down on the number of rabbits but it only resulted in an overpopulation of foxes.

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Sounds like the mongoose in Hawaii. Humans are so freakin' stupid. Can learn to leave well enough alone.

We are having a banner rabbit year here in W2. 10 years ago there were as many as there are this year but in the intervening years their numbers dwindled. Ebb and flow.....

Biggest bunny ive ever seen https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6d89b57927.jpg

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Originally Posted by b-bear

sleeping in a flower sounds amazing.
like how boys had the race car bed, I would like a flower bed like that, please


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I am picturing b-bear in the world’s biggest Venus flytrap.

wolf attack in Banff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...amily-campers/

Vole family getting some fresh air

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Originally Posted by Boissal

No pics unfortunately but I got to watch a young coyote chase and take down a marmot yesterday while riding around Solitude. He was clearly annoyed at me but went on with his hunt, bouncing all over the trail and finally nailing the rodent. He then turn around to give the "come on dude, gimme some space" look.
Had a similar encounter a week ago on the Glenwild golf course. The coyote was so unbothered that I thought it was a dog and I'd see his owners around the bend.

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Well, still no pics but saw the Solitude coyote again today. Same spot, same goofy hunting method, same annoyed look once he got the marmot and had to run away from me. He's getting fat!

Coyotes are cool, and damn smart. I think I’ve said before that after the apocalypse, the only remaining life will be cockroaches, coyotes, Cher and RBG.

We have loge seats to coyote sings all the time on clear nights. So cool to listen to them call and respond across an arc of maybe 60 degrees.

We see them running through the hood occasionally, and the local Facebook page notes the loss of a cat or yapper dog about once a week. They probably make an occasional meal of the trillion ground squirrels in these parts as well. Such is life on the urban-wildland border.

Pup strutting across my road
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