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Family in the road...
On my way back from taking my cat to the vet this morning I came across these guys on my road.
Indeed. Lots of road kill this time of year. You can smell it festering as you run past the wooded areas.
I see a lot of wildlife while I'm out, but I can't stop my run to take any pictures. Last week there was a turkey and it's chick just wanderding about. Then there's often deer, foxes, and the occasional... BEAR!
That's pretty scary.
MarkJFine wrote:Then there's often deer, foxes, and the occasional... BEAR!
Luckily, I've only seen bear when on my bike. I'm not fast enough on foot.
We also have coyote, but I've only heard them.
MarkJFine wrote:Luckily, I've only seen bear when on my bike. I'm not fast enough on foot.
We also have coyote, but I've only heard them.
The only time I've ever seen a bear in the wild is one time when I was on my way back home to Manassas, VA from visiting my folks here in NY. It was back in the late 90s and I was on Rte. 15, going up one of the foothills outside of Williamsport, I think, and I saw what I thought was a big dog. As I got closer I realized it was black bear trying to go under the guard rail. It finally realized it was too big and went over it instead, then just ambled across the road. I was so tempted to stop, roll down my window and get a picture with my camera, as I had it out at the time, but I thought stopping near it probably wasn't the best idea. It was pretty neat, though.
We have bears in this general area, though I've not heard of one sited near here in a long time.
Coyotes? Ugh. I've only seen them from a distance, but we have a slew of them around here. The noise they sometimes make is really creepy. Like women wailing or something.
That's a good description. From afar, no matter how many times I see one, I always think "wow, that's a really big dog."
