Wildlife

[krink]

Horseshoe crab spawning time at Sandy Hook

 

[MuniMan]

An 85 pound dog for comparison.

 

[frug]

Encountered a mama bear and two cubs at Allamuchy today. They all hopped up a tree when they saw me. Does anyone carry bear spray while riding or is that overkill? Black bears aren’t grizzlies, but I’m not looking to upset a mother bear around her cubs.

 

[HiFiGuy]

Encountered a mama bear and two cubs at Allamuchy today. They all hopped up a tree when they saw me. Does anyone carry bear spray while riding or is that overkill? Black bears aren’t grizzlies, but I’m not looking to upset a mother bear around her cubs.

Easier to just ride with some one slower than you

 

[frug]

Easier to just ride with some one slower than you

The problem is I’m the slower one. I’ll just carry something to give them a puncture.

 

[pibbles]

Encountered a mama bear and two cubs at Allamuchy today. They all hopped up a tree when they saw me. Does anyone carry bear spray while riding or is that overkill? Black bears aren’t grizzlies, but I’m not looking to upset a mother bear around her cubs.

Ive seen people use bear bells b4. If you can stand the noise yourself. Guess it beats having your hear swatted off comin around a corner....

 

[ekuhn]

We have 2 red foxes around the house. Here is one of them. My dog sometimes thinks she should be friends with them, but we quickly correct that behavior.

 

[Patrick]

getting a little too big for your own skin.

 

[Kaleidopete]

Fornicating bears

 

[Kaleidopete]

Got beaver slapped today

 

[Kaleidopete]

Babies hiding in plain sight

 

[Kaleidopete]

Mr cranky bear charged me today

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Mr cranky bear charged me today
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How did you deal with that?

 

[Kaleidopete]

How did you deal with that?

I gave 'em the raspberry tongue noise and quickly left

 

[frug]

 

[a.s.]

3 feet off the hiking trail today…

 

[Robin]

From parking lot at Mooch Tranquility

 

[MuniMan]

In less than 10 minutes this afternoon I saw 3 different turtles laying their eggs. The first one looks like it had some damage to its shell and a bump on it

 

[1speeder]

 

[adogg]

The last 5 times I rode in northwest NJ (Delaware Water Gap and Stokes State forest), I had a bear sighting each time. No issues with them, I try to give them an audible warning from far away. Pic below was in DWG, mom with 2 cubs about 200 yards away. Heard my bell and headed into the woods with her cubs. On these 5 rides in last 1 month I've seen about 10 bears. That's more than I've seen in about 10 years before 2023.