Wildlife watch!
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Wildlife watch!
Postby Dobo » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:20 pm
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Aphexchefpusher » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:36 am
Keep getting belted by bloody dragonflies at the moment......bloody martyrs the lot of 'em....mumble mumbleDobo wrote:I've had few run-ins with the local wildlife of late. First one was riding home from work a couple of weeks ago and had to run the rabbit slalom down near mortimer road. Then last weekend the Maggies were out in force riding south to Manduarh I was swooped 6 times, the buggers don't give up, the old skip lid has more than one use! and then on Sunday I had to dodge 2 bob tails and a snake down near Karnup road. So be carefull guys and gals it's a jungle out there!
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby sli123 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:23 am
BUGS! Lots of em!Aphexchefpusher wrote:Keep getting belted by bloody dragonflies at the moment......bloody martyrs the lot of 'em....mumble mumble
Be careful if you've got your mouth open sucking in the big ones.......you might get more than air
And yes, dragonflies too (normally into the spokes or the water bottles).
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Wildlife watch!
Postby sim-o » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:00 am
Last week they were just everywhere. I had to breathe through my nose alot of the time to avoid a midge sandwich. And it sounds like rain on the helmet when you go through a group of them. It makes riding... challenging.
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Lizzy » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:20 am
But I get the odd dolphin sighting too, which is a bit more pleasant.
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Clubagreenie » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:01 pm
Lizzy wrote:There is a small but thick cloud of midges on my commute, in exactly the same spot near a drain. I manage to get a snootful nearly every time
But I get the odd dolphin sighting too, which is a bit more pleasant.
Dolphins ... in the drains now .... what beaching themselves isn't good enough for them anymore .... s-bend nose dolphins
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:37 pm
I know that we have a Quenda saving initiative inthe area so I checked out some pics of Quendas as soon as I got home. Yep. Score one for wildlife. Or is it?
I have never before seen a quenda in that area despite having ridden through it several thousand times. And it is twenty metres away from where they have stripped the vegatation bare for the freeway works around Parry Ave, so I fear that he way be a refugee. So maybe it's score 1-nill to Freeway versus the Quenda.
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:48 pm
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby uglybob » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:58 pm
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Clubagreenie » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:18 pm
take a squash racket bwwwwwwwwwha ha hauglybob wrote:there is a wattle bird (i think) swooping every cyclist who rides down the path in front of Burswood (just near the small lake/pond) running along GE Hwy. Doesn't actually attack from what I've felt so far, but must get within mm's of the back of your head every morning..!
At the end of the day , it is the Indian , not the arrow .. so ride what you want
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Lizzy » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:32 pm
Yeah, sad to say that is likely. We see the odd quenda at work and during some nearby construction a couple of years back we got a few wandering around courtyards and buildings, unusual as they're pretty shy of people (can't blame them really), guess they got disoriented when their bush disappeared. Poor little buggers.ColinOldnCranky wrote:I have never before seen a quenda in that area despite having ridden through it several thousand times. And it is twenty metres away from where they have stripped the vegatation bare for the freeway works around Parry Ave, so I fear that he way be a refugee. So maybe it's score 1-nill to Freeway versus the Quenda.
On a happier note, I have been seeing more of the river dolphins over the last few months (although not actually to the point they are clogging up drains, that was a different spot ).
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Re: Wildlife watch!
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Mrfenejeans » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:05 pm
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Baalzamon » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:41 pm
I've had that doing 30kph right above glasses and below helmet OMGosh that flippen hurtMarkG wrote:try having a bee hit you right between the eyes (AT) 60/hr!
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Dobo » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:28 pm
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby uglybob » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:58 pm
if only i had a cap gun still around somewhere...Clubagreenie wrote:take a squash racket bwwwwwwwwwha ha hauglybob wrote:there is a wattle bird (i think) swooping every cyclist who rides down the path in front of Burswood (just near the small lake/pond) running along GE Hwy. Doesn't actually attack from what I've felt so far, but must get within mm's of the back of your head every morning..!
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby Clubagreenie » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:03 pm
Dobo wrote:Hey Mark Thats not a euphemism is it. It might be those same mad bitches that had a go at Brad the other day!
Dobo , mate , if you met Mark ..built like a condom full of walnuts .. he would that pull more pussy than a Chinese Restaurant... the poodles were prob chasing the smell of pussy on him
At the end of the day , it is the Indian , not the arrow .. so ride what you want
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Re: Wildlife watch!
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Wildlife watch!
Postby Redbull » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:13 am
Mrfenejeans wrote:The last two Fridays I've taken a ride from South Perth down to Karnup Rd and back, and both times on the way back between Karnup rd and Safety Bay rd I've had something hit my helmet, but for the life of me have no idea what it is.
Magpies!!
There are some that hang out about 1.5ks south of Baldivis Road - they've whacked me on the helmet a couple of times on Sunday.
Plenty of bob tails out as well.
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Re: Wildlife watch!
Postby uglybob » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:23 am
i rode past this bloke the other day - is this mark?Clubagreenie wrote:Dobo wrote:Hey Mark Thats not a euphemism is it. It might be those same mad bitches that had a go at Brad the other day!
Dobo , mate , if you met Mark ..built like a condom full of walnuts .. he would that pull more pussy than a Chinese Restaurant... the poodles were prob chasing the smell of pussy on him
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