That emu belongs with its mates on McLaughlan Rd, the other side of the Spectacles from the freeway and about a km away. Certainly strayed where no feather duster should go.argybargy wrote:This happened earlier this year on the Kwinana FWY bike path going south, just past Thomas.
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just4tehhalibut wrote:Had a bat fly into my handlebars this morning. It flew in, must have been chasing a moth, hit the centre of the bars, grappled my GPS and hung on flapping about and kept hanging on. I let go of the handlebars, leaned away (where can you go on a moving bike?) and could only sit there swearing at it and waiting for the return of my bike. You could see my headlight through its wings. Eventually it flew off to one side, thankfully not at me. Needle-teethed rats with wings.
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Postby macca33 » Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:56 pm
Whilst I was not involved (luckily for me) there have been a few incidents in the West Gippy area in the past week - a wombat struck by 3 riders leaving one with a broken clavicle and others with soreness (one of whom had two wildlife experiences only days apart, unfortunately); a kangaroo leapt into another rider and knocked him off; and lastly, a stray duck almost caused a young bloke to come a gutser.
Just goes to show that one has to try and have eyes in the front / sides / back of their head and even then, try not to be unlucky.
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From its size & shape and what I could see of its colour, I'm going to guess Nankeen Kestrel, or a small owl. Whatever it was it frightened the absolute everloving bejeebus out of me
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I had a similar experience near there last week - was minding my own business and too surprised to see what it was, though and very glad to have had glasses and a crash helmet on.I got buzzed by some kind of velociraptor on the PSP near Lake Gwelup
You want to watch those, they're evil. One came down the chimney of my house in the UK a few years ago, covered everything in soot and guano and in the process managed to stove in the titanium dome tweeter of one of my speakers. My wife found it in the living room and I'm not sure which was more surprised.or a small owl
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Postby moosterbounce » Wed May 07, 2014 12:40 am
Not guilty for a flat coot, but I may have had a slight altercation with a suicidal seagul in that area. It walked out from in front my riding partner's wheel and straight under my front tyre...and then under my back tyre. All I can say was that his "Time" was up.BandedRail wrote:Watch out for Coots at the moment, I've seen a few dead ones beside the shared path near the Burswood Casino recently (can't prove it was bike-related but chances are high).
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It's hard to count 'em whilst still keeping my distance; but I hope natural selection doesn't hit the sibling numbers too hard as they grow.
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Postby moosterbounce » Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:08 pm
Knew someone who discovered a duck family in their garden - only after the chicks were hatched. They used the swimming pool daily. Apparently ducks poop in swimming pools!!
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Postby BandedRail » Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:45 pm
It would be fantastic if they were quolls (aka chuditch) but it's VERY unlikely. Quolls are more cat-like than rat-like so what you are probably seeing are quenda (aka southern brown bandicoot). They are larger than rats, have shorter tails and a large rump and they don't run like rats either. I've seen them around Cockburn before and quite often near Anketell Road. The 2014 Spring Quenda count is coming up (a program run by WWF), PM me if you want to be a quenda counterRobinho wrote:I see some large, what I assumed were rats at dusk on the kwinana pap, from just north of Cockburn, through to south of Russell road. They are massive for rats and don't seem too bothered by bike traffic, a colleague mentioned they might be quolls, but I have no idea, it's half dark, and not being a native I would know a quoll from a large rat. Normally see a couple a week on the commute home at the moment. Not keen on the idea of snakes in that area as well
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One thing I know for sure is I don't want to hit one, they're pretty chunky
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