Wildlife

[Kaleidopete]

Wait....today, Mrs. Porcupine
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[thegock]

Getting back to Max's "Circle of Life" theme above, I saw a dead opossum on some double track yesterday, but my experience is that they are one of the worst smelling dead rodents, so I pedaled on.

Instead we have Bambi on a fire road, above from 7:14am February 22, 2021 after a couple of weeks of deep, recurring snow and cold weather. It was about 25 degrees that morning and Bambi wasn't there the previous afternoon.

I thought that the weather might have contributed to death, but the next day a friend of mine said that his dog broke after a herd across the valley a mile west of here the day before and was gone for 45 minutes after some screechy distress noises, so maybe...? My somewhat uninformed guess is that the coyote, fox(?) and turkey vultures provided the cleanup.

 

[Patrick]

I was going to change the title of the thread, but it already has "life" in it.
please feel free to start a roadkill and carrion thread. ignore feature test candidate!

 

[gmb3]

 

[mattybfat]

Not on a ride but on my clients property

 

[JimN]

I saw baby foxes on a ride once, so awesome!

 

[rick81721]

Carcass you won't see in nj - hollowed out armadillo.



PS there are 2 tunneling around our house - currently employing chemical warfare via naphthalene aka mothballs

 

[jklett]

Carcass you won't see in nj - hollowed out armadillo.

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PS there are 2 tunneling around our house - currently employing chemical warfare via naphthalene aka mothballs

You have to sneak up close so you're over top of them and yell real loud, they'll go aways and not come back. You have to be right on them close enough to touch them or it doesn't work.

 

[Robin]

 

[rick81721]

Gator mating season is starting - the big guys and gals are on the move. They will walk right across roads from pond to pond during the day. Rode right by this one this morning - long but skinny - probably a female

 

[serviceguy]

Gator mating season is starting - the big guys and gals are on the move. They will walk right across roads from pond to pond during the day. Rode right by this one this morning - long but skinny - probably a female

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a model gator, maybe?

 

[rick81721]

Another reptile rescue - this time a threatened species gopher tortoise trying to cross the road on my way to the Carlton reserve.



Gave him a lift to the other side

 

[rick81721]

Wild pig carcass in Deer Creek Prairie reserve. Thought maybe a panther took it but no teeth marks on the bones. Guess it just died and got picked clean by scavengers.

 

[Patrick]

What kind of snake?
Milk? King?
He was grinding gravel in Bedminster

 

[rick81721]

What kind of snake?
Milk? King?
He was grinding gravel in BedminsterView attachment 157955

Eastern milk snake - pick it up next time for a closer pic - very docile.

 

[rick81721]

Gator Wednesday. How many are in these 3 pics? They are running out of water in the preserves

 

[serviceguy]

Gator Wednesday. How many are in these 3 pics? They are running out of water in the preserves

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Wednesday gators, very docile. Pick them up next time! Get Bob to take pictures.

 

[Kaleidopete]

 

[Patrick]

hiding in plain sight.
middle of one of the firecuts at 6MR. not even a twitch.

 

[rick81721]

Heading under I75.