+Alan2 Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TahoeJoe:http://tahoetechteam.com/images/jackalop.JPG I took a photo of this strange looking fellow while caching in the backcountry. Lake Tahoe Geocacher That's a jackalope I believe. Haven't seen one in years! Alan Quote
+Geofool Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 That's one horny rabbit. GF ******************************************** Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Quote
geoStrider Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Here's a desert tortoise that we ran across in southern AZ. "I've never been lost, but I was a might bewildered for three days once." - Daniel Boone Quote
+Tangles Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 We have found some more photos of animals. The first is a Bearded Dragon we passed on the way to a cache in South Australia. The dragon gets its name from the loose fold of skin around its throat and when frightened it inflates this fold of skin to form a rigid beard, hence the name Bearded Dragon. The bird is a Royal Spoonbill and is quite common around Sydney’s rivers and creeks. The third photo is of a Koala near one of our caches. Quote
+TX Hokie Posted August 24, 2003 Posted August 24, 2003 Here are a few birds we ran across hiking this weekend in McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, TX. I think they are doves. Notice anything strange? They are plastic decoys. Note also the Home Depot bucket hanging in the tree - didn't dare look inside for fear of what might be in there. Further down the trail, there were 2 plastic deer decoys, then an owl, then another bird... Reported them all to the Ranger's office. I think they were placed there by someone trying to be funny, or just silly, as opposed to for poaching, but either way, I doubt they are welcome in the park. <BR><BR> Pics of the deer at http://tinyurl.com/l26y Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted August 24, 2003 Posted August 24, 2003 Today I found ANTS... LOTS and LOTS of them... or perhaps its more accurate to say that they found me!!! --------------------------------------------------- Free your mind and the rest will follow Quote
+Alan2 Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) I was looking for a place to hide a cache in Brooklyn, NYC and found 3 "wild" African green parrots. Two were flying around squawking and cutting branches from a tree for a nest; the 3rd was squawking in the nest. Amazing that birds from Africa have handled the minus 0 weather we've had around here lately and are actually breeding. Alan Edited January 23, 2004 by Alan2 Quote
+GeckoGeek Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 For wildlife stories, this one is the best I have ever read. Scroll down to Jan 22. (Sorry, I don't know how to go right to that posting.) Sorry Criminal, I this one tops even your prose. (Or was this originally from you?) Quote
+dino_hunters Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I was caching one night in a remote area on a large island in the Great Salt Lake. I came upon a pack of coyotes chowing on a dead cow. Quote
+Criminal Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) For wildlife stories, this one is the best I have ever read. Scroll down to Jan 22. (Sorry, I don't know how to go right to that posting.) Sorry Criminal, I this one tops even your prose. (Or was this originally from you?) I remember that one as well! It went out on my email distribution list the same day. Edited January 23, 2004 by Criminal Quote
+Delta-S Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 My best was a bobcat walking a parrallel trail to me and my horse while caching. Constantly scaring up wild pigs and coyotes around here. Quote
+aka Monkey Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Although I never saw it, while out caching I got the feeling I was being watched. Stalked, rather. Then I found cougar tracks. A little bit later I found fairly recent deer remains. Finally, on the way out, I read a sign warning of cougar sightings in the area. I suppose if I had seen this guy, I wouldn't have been posting here. Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I had a terrifying encounter with a squirrel on one of my first hunts. He was sitting in a walnut tree, bombarding me with walnuts from about 50 feet up. Dang good shot, too! Hit me on top of the head with nearly every one he threw! Ok, not so terrifying....not so interesting...but true. Quote
+Goodguys Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 We saw this guy while out last spring. He was so not interested in us we just gave him a wide berth and went on our way. Quote
+bob393 Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Thousands of white tail deer and many black bear, and lots of snakes! Quote
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 this Sparky, did you ever read this story? ^^^ Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 this Sparky, did you ever read this story? ^^^ Yuppers! Got that in an email a while back! I can see it happening to me....but I don't ride a motorcycle..... Quote
+2qwerqE Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 At my cache, Elk Hollow in Lone Elk Park, cachers are always giving animal sighting in the logs. Of course, the elk feature promently, and you can hike among them, tho they mostly avoid you. We saw a flock of wild turkeys, about 8 of them, on the day we placed the cache. Then there's this guy, picture posted to the logs by Wooly Bugger and Bean. The buffalo are in a spearate part of the park from the cache, and visitors must stay in their cars in that section. Not sure how to post a link, so here's the url. Sorry for my ignorance. I'd look it up, but I'm out of time today. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?II...049&LID=2592905 Quote
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