I recently had a pretty cool encounter with a mountain lion. I just topped out atop a ridgeline when I saw four mulies running out of the corner of my right eye....a second later I spotted a mountain lion running from my left flank maybe 60 yards away.

I don't want to sound too presumptuous, but I think it was probably stalking the mulies and I totally spoiled its effort. I sure am glad it didn't get made at me....at least thats what I kept nervously saying to myself as I finished the hike with my eyes checking for anything behind me.

God help you if you ever run into any of these creatures while hiking...

Here's a sample. (It's not a joke. They're real...)

I love animals and all, but that aye-aye is hideous. Really.

Nutrias are tops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coypu

Some folks from New Orleans claim that the swamp-people (Louisiana folks who don't live near New Orleans, apparently) enjoy nutria (beaver-rats, really ~ or 'nutra rats' as locals call them) as a regular part of their diet. So when I was down there in December, I asked around everywhere for some I could try. The New Orleans folks thought I was crazy, and even the swamp-people gave me funny looks.

Bears, most kinds, Mountain Lions, Wolves, Coyotes, Bobcats, Deer, Elk, Moose, Yaks, Bald Eagles, lots of different birds and lizards. The wierdest thing though was a camel spider.

The best animal I have seen was a big horn sheep here is Anza Borrego just got a shot of him before he darted off.

http://socalpeaks.com/Images/DPS/Indianhead/large/Indianhead3.jpg

gbeane wrote:i was walking through the woods in winter when I heard this strange crunching noise. I look up in the trees and I see a chipmunk munching on another chipmunk, bones and all.

Wow! If anything is wicked that is!

Yesterday while walking on Monte del Pardo with my mom we saw roe deers some hundred meters away

Hehe, just kidding. Here are a few critter pics I took in Glacier NP.

My friend got some great pictures of bighorn sheep
http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/s ... t2935.html

Lately, banana slugs have been the most common wildlife I've seen while hiking. However, I did see a fox the other day when I was driving to work.

Spotted a condor on Saturday, at Andrew Molera State Park.

Imagine seeing three cougars together. This picture was taken in the San Bernadino mountains (California)
http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/K ... t3023.html
http://www.cougarmagic.com

Cy Kaicener wrote:Imagine seeing three cougars together. This picture was taken in the San Bernadino mountains (California)
http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/K ... t3023.html
http://www.cougarmagic.com

that guy's album is insane!

zoomed in of one pic