Today I've seen a nice <a href=//www.owlpages.com/species/athene/noctua/Default.htm>little owl</a> in Monte de El Pardo, Madrid

Karl h.
Nice shot. I used to rock climb in the storm mountain aria of B.C.C a few times a month and never had such an encounter.
Mike

Takanhase, The next day I went back and saw, through binoc's, a group of four more. They were about 1500' higher than I was. No time to climb that day, I had to fly back to Portland.......... I too was in the Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Well, they're nothing special except I saw them in Los Angeles whilst hiking with ShortTimer...a truly adorable little gopher sticking his head out of his hole and wiggling his nose and a baby bunny stumbling around the trail a few yards further down. No matter how many housing developments they build, the bunnies and gophers won't give up!

Today, Nadie and me went mountain biking in Monte de El Pardo, Madrid. She lost her gloves so later I drove looking for them. Sometimes I stoped and did short walks. I could see a squirrel, a heron, two partridges and a bird of prey that I couldn't recognize. I think that I could see so much animals because it was lunch time and it was rainy so nobody was there. Note that Monte de El Pardo is close to Madrid

Today I've seen a pair of little owls on Monte de El Pardo, Madrid. One of them carried a mouse or shrew

On the top of Mt. Melissa in the Wallowas (in the very northeast corner of the Wallowas), we saw thousands upon thousands of lady bugs in big piles crawling all over the rocks.

Once saw a mother black bear and two cubs in worthington state forest in New Jersey in August

Hey badasshiker, I saw the same combo along the wild Rogue River in southern Oregon. That same day I saw a Bald Eagle, a Mink w/ a snake in it's mouth, and a couple of Elk................That was the day I went rafting and left the camera at home..................DOH !!

Today, Nadie and me have seen a "culebra de escalera" <i>(Elaphe scalaris)</i> while mountain biking in Monte de El Pardo, Madrid. It was dying so it hardly didn't move, I noticed that because its mouth was bloody. A woman who was walking there didn't dare to pass near it and turned back in her way. Though I've known those snakes aren't poisonous they are very aggresive and brave. I took it out of the trail with a stick and we continued mountain biking. The woman could pass in front of the snake then

I was licked in the face by a brown bear youngster in the San Gabriel mountains of Southern California in the spring of 2003. I was sleeping under the stars when I had a strange feeling that my dog was licking me...in an instant I realized I was not at home and THAT WAS NOT MY DOG!!! I jumped up and ran one way and the bear ran the other. We both stopped and turned after about 20 ft each and looked at each other for a minute. The bear continued on - I suppose taking great comfort in knowing that he had scarred me forever with regard to sleeping outside. Now everytime I do - I keep one eye open and wake up at every sound...

While hiking in the North Cascades i have seen many black bear, brown bear, deer, Rattlesnakes, Dust Toads, Marmots and in Montana i saw lots of mountain goat, and a couple big horn sheep. Not to mention i have caught tons of Rainbow Trout and Cuttthroat

I saw this on my approach to Mt Ritter & Banner last Memorial Day weekend when I hiked in on the closed road.

Not quite a wild animal, but still an odd form of life to see in the backcountry . . .

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Good story, socalmtneer.

I saw a rhino while hiking in Nepal. Actually it chased me and a friend.