Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, March 6th!

[epu@mastodon.art]

@ascentale @uxmark@mstdn.ca @bikenite #BikeNite

A1. Posting from Alameda, California.

Usual encounters are a couple of turkeys (regularly).

Rarely in the spring, in the dark morning, it's a skunk. Those are funny to watch run, but you have to stop because they run directly away instead of sideways. Then they turn around and threaten with their tail. If you give them enough time, they decide to dash off the path.

[theantlady@arthropod.social]

@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite

A1. Albany, New York, once again!

I accidentally ran over an opossum in the middle of the night in Nebraska once (not sure how it fared). Countless dog chase situations, mostly in Arizona and Texas. Random peacock encounters are the strangest! (once in Texas, once along the Empire State Trail in NY). I'm always too surprised to get a photo.

[uxmark@mstdn.ca]

@theantlady @ascentale @bikenite Ride a bike! Commune with nature! ‍️️

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@awesomesheep48 @ascentale @uxmark @bikenite Oh yeah, I saw geese in formation in Bothell several days ago, heading east at the exact moment but clearly heading back north overall.

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[uxmark@mstdn.ca]

@moira @awesomesheep48 @ascentale @bikenite Canada Geese on paths/trails in Spring is a regular thing here in Waterloo Region 🪿‍️️

[uxmark@mstdn.ca]

@zorrobandito @ascentale @bikenite I feel even safer here in Waterloo now! ️

[martycormack@urbanists.social]

@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite
#BikeNite A1:
I'm posting from home in Rochester Minnesota while watching the Minnesota Boys High School Hockey semifinals.

Most of my animal encounters while riding are pet dogs, and I've been bitten several times (once badly) and knocked off my bike once with couple more near misses.

I also deal with the resident (not migratory) Canada Geese on the city trails. Some get aggressive and hiss at me, but the worst is the copious goose poop on the trails.

[uxmark@mstdn.ca]

@zorrobandito @ascentale @bikenite That’s not a tourism video, is it?

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite

#BikeNite A1. Ventura County, California. Not a whole lot of non-human animal encounters while on bicycle!

[rey@toot.cat]

@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite

A1. Hello from Somerville, Massachusetts!

I haven't had any mounted encounters with turkeys, coyotes, etc, but I do often see rats and buns and birds crossing my path! I'll call them by name, but they never seem to notice me.

Geese, though... I avoid geese.

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[uxmark@mstdn.ca]

@rey @ascentale @bikenite Avoiding geese is just common sense 🪿‍️️