Most interesting animal action

Ken C. M. wrote:
:: Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out
:: cycling?
::
:: This morning I was on a 30 mile ride and while stopped at an
:: intersection waiting for some pedestrians to pass by I noticed a bald
:: eagle circle above then swoop down grab a squirrel out of the middle
:: of the road that climb, making another half circle and then fly off
:: out of sight.

Good....we need more bald eagles on the JOB!!

::
:: It was definitely one of those moments that if you happen to have
:: your camera pointed in the right direction at the right moment, it
:: would have made a great picture. But I just have the picture in my
:: mind.
::
:: Ken
:: --
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:: new cycling shorts: $39
:: Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Roger Zoul said:

Ken C. M. wrote:
:: Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out
:: cycling?
::
:: This morning I was on a 30 mile ride and while stopped at an
:: intersection waiting for some pedestrians to pass by I noticed a bald
:: eagle circle above then swoop down grab a squirrel out of the middle
:: of the road that climb, making another half circle and then fly off
:: out of sight.

Good....we need more bald eagles on the JOB!!

Those little squirrels make me nervous sometimes. The way they can't
decide which direction they should run and then dash right in front of
you! Are they suicidal??

Quoted message said:

::
:: It was definitely one of those moments that if you happen to have
:: your camera pointed in the right direction at the right moment, it
:: would have made a great picture. But I just have the picture in my
:: mind.
::
:: Ken
:: --
:: New cycling jersey: $49
:: new cycling shorts: $39
:: Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

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Ken C. M. said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

A couple of years ago I was setting out to ride to work. It was
early morning, still dark. There's an old, wood framed, detached
garage here at the house where I live. I rolled my bike past
the garage to the back lane, set my foot to the pedal, mounted,
and proceeded on my way. Just as I got started, a juvenile skunk
bolted out from under the garage door and started racing with me,
running along at my right side. There was a definite look of
determination on his face. I'm not sure what he was determined
to do, but I veered left at the earliest opportunity.

Folks complain about being chased by dogs, but being chased
by skunks is an horse of a different feather.

Another rider once told me how, as he was shortcutting down
a back alley, he noticed a plump garbage bag mysteriously
suspended in mid-air up ahead. On closer approach he realized
a cabal of crows had conspired to lift it up, to drop it and
bust it open in order to access its crow-licious contents.
I've had some near misses from crows dropping mussels on the
ground, but I have so far sustained no direct hits.

Quoted message said:

Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Gas price sighting in Vancouver this morning: $1.17.n/litre.

cheers,
Tom

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Deer running across the road right in front of me.

I was cycling through Birds Hill Park (the main road is a loop sans
stop signs, traffic lights, etc - great for riding a road bike). Off
to my left, 20 yards, or so, off the road were two deer, facing away
from the road. As I was almost even with them, they whirled around and
darted across the road right in front of me (maybe 4 yards, max).

I'd like to hope that something other than me spooked them as I'd hate
to think they were stupid enough, upon being spooked by me, to bolt the
way they did.

Lovely (and tasty) animals, but probably not the brightest creatures on
G-d's green earth.

Jeff

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:38:58 -0400, "Ken C. M." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

Other than the rattlesnake that hit me last summer?

Last week it was an armadillo that broke the wrong way when I approached and
ended up running between the front and back wheels, getting bumped by both and
having his back scraped by the chainring.

Didn't seem to hurt him.

Ron

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Quoted message said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

A squirrel somehow ran into my wheel, got spun around, and then flung off.
My husband wouldn't believe it happened except someone on Mike J's site
described the same phenomenon. I don't know if the squirrel lived to tell
the tale, though.

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Quoted message said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

A squirrel somehow ran into my wheel, got spun around, and then flung off.
My husband wouldn't believe it happened except someone on Mike J's site
described the same phenomenon. I don't know if the squirrel lived to tell
the tale, though.

Just another reason for slowing down when around children and small animals.
But Claire would rather keep her speed up and damn the small animals for
getting in her way. She is nothing but a squirrel murderer. In short, she is
a monster and not worthy to be a woman at all. Yes, this is what cycling
does to women. It makes them as evil as us men. Beware of Claire! She is a
killer female - a regular black widow.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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() said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

In Audax UK circles, extra points are awarded for spotting a dead
badger...

In the south-west of this Sceptred Isle, buzzards are well-known for
attempting to snack on passing cyclists, though I'm told they can be
deterred 'by vigorously shaking [one's] fist at it and shouting the
traditional anti-buzzard cry of "[censored] off".'

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
I'm just a primitive creature of the heath, so pardon my savage
ignorance.

Ken C. M. said:

Whats the most amazing thing you've seen an animal do while out cycling?

Not a particularly amazing thing for an animal, but a fun experience
just the same: on a long ride this past January, I saw a herd of about
40 antelope that were crossing a farmer's field. The lead antelope
reached the road just before I passed. The others were at least 150
yards behind, grazing.

The lead antelope and I did sort of a "you first", "no, you first"
dance before he lept across the road way ahead of me. Compared to that
graceful ruminant I felt slow, fat and wholly clumsy.

-JR

The good news is that birds generally drop ballast shortly after taking
off.

Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on the
wrong newsgroup for a second?

<eg>

Sorni said:

Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on the
wrong newsgroup for a second?

<eg>

You're sick Sorni! Sick Sick Sick!

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
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Ken C. M. said:

Sorni said:

Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on
the wrong newsgroup for a second?

<eg>

You're sick Sorni! Sick Sick Sick!

And your point, Ken, IS...?

:-P

Sorni said:

Ken C. M. said:

Sorni said:

Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on
the wrong newsgroup for a second?

<eg>

You're sick Sorni! Sick Sick Sick!

And your point, Ken, IS...?

:-P

No point. Just a statement. If that is the kind of thing you like all
the more power to you.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Ken C. M. said:

Sorni said:

Ken C. M. said:

Sorni wrote:

> Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on
> the wrong newsgroup for a second?
>
> <eg>
>
>
You're sick Sorni! Sick Sick Sick!

And your point, Ken, IS...?

:-P

No point. Just a statement. If that is the kind of thing you like all
the more power to you.

Sigh. It was a joke. (Someone says "you're sick" -- you reply "so what's
your point?". IOW, it's a given.)

Never mind.

Sorni said:

Ken C. M. said:

Sorni said:

Ken C. M. wrote:

>Sorni wrote:
>
>
>>Anyone besides me (and my old pal E.P. no doubt) think they were on
>>the wrong newsgroup for a second?
>>
>><eg>
>>
>>
>You're sick Sorni! Sick Sick Sick!

And your point, Ken, IS...?

:-P

No point. Just a statement. If that is the kind of thing you like all
the more power to you.

Sigh. It was a joke. (Someone says "you're sick" -- you reply "so what's
your point?". IOW, it's a given.)

Never mind.

Oh o.k. then. I am a bit slow like that sometimes.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Here in central Texas, I've had a herd of stampeding cattle run across
the road perhaps 150 feet in front of my bike. It was a small herd of
8 or 9... but they were Longhorns.
Needless to say I allowed them the right of way.

Quoted message said:

Here in central Texas, I've had a herd of stampeding cattle run across
the road perhaps 150 feet in front of my bike. It was a small herd of
8 or 9... but they were Longhorns.
Needless to say I allowed them the right of way.

I live in Texas and have had the occasional jackrabbit or cottontail run
across my path, but that would not top a herd of longhorns. If you ride
in the HotterNHell Hundred, you may very well come across one of the
several herds of camels that reside around Wichita Falls.

Edward Dolan said:

Just another reason for slowing down when around children and small animals.
But Claire would rather keep her speed up and damn the small animals for
getting in her way. She is nothing but a squirrel murderer. In short, she is
a monster and not worthy to be a woman at all. Yes, this is what cycling
does to women. It makes them as evil as us men. Beware of Claire! She is a
killer female - a regular black widow.

Claire did the squirrel a favor. As a Klingon squirrel, it was
undergoing its 'Rite of Ascension' ceremony and was given the usual
'attack and cling to wheel of passing cyclist' ritual as part of the
process.

No harm done.

Best,

James