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bluesbassman

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28. Had a full grown bobcat jump on the hood of my Jeep.
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 02:47 PM
Apr 2012

Up in the Los Padres out of Carmel Valley. We we driving along a fire road on a hillside. The bobcat jumped from the high side and landed right on the hood. We were crawling along so it was pretty stable and the bobcat landed perfectly dead center on the hood. He sat there for a few seconds looking right at us through the windshield, then bounded off down the slope. My buddy and I just sat there grinning.

The other cool thing we saw up there was a tarantula migration. There were dozens of them on a road we were walking near dusk. Pretty trippy to see that many at once cruising down the road.

Otters. Little guys, but cool. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #1
Funny you mention otters RZM Apr 2012 #2
Looooove the otters. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #40
Otters are one my favorite animals! emmadoggy Apr 2012 #65
Buffalo in Yellowstone; also elk there. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #3
I've only seen bison in enclosures RZM Apr 2012 #4
We got stuck in a traffic jam for 2 hours in Yellowstone. obxhead Apr 2012 #35
Yes, Yellowstone is the best place to make sure you'll see wildlife. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #56
Mountain goats in Lake Louise. Saw a bear in the woods of Quebec as a kid. Saw a moose on a canoe applegrove Apr 2012 #5
Saw a blue whale when we were burying my dad at sea (that's what all the whale watching Flaxbee Apr 2012 #6
Cool stuff RZM Apr 2012 #7
When I was in Central America, I opened my big shutter window, and a guy had a three crunch60 Apr 2012 #8
Sperm Whale off the coast of Massachusetts denbot Apr 2012 #9
A flight of wood storks over the barn csziggy Apr 2012 #10
I've seen bald eagles a couple times RZM Apr 2012 #11
There were bald eagles living north of us in what used to be plantation csziggy Apr 2012 #15
If you want to see more bald eagles, emmadoggy Apr 2012 #67
you can see bald eagles every day in winter breeding season in southeast louisiana pitohui Apr 2012 #88
My husband saw a bald eagle perched in a tree yellerpup Apr 2012 #85
There was an Alvin Show episode that sounds just like that Art_from_Ark May 2012 #90
Eagles spark excitement wherever they go. yellerpup May 2012 #93
bison, bears, and a wolf in yellowstone fishwax Apr 2012 #12
We regularly have raccoons, fox and deer in our yard woodsprite Apr 2012 #13
I saw a pink spoonbill at a refuge in FL (image dialup warning) alphafemale Apr 2012 #14
Actually any pipi_k Apr 2012 #16
On a cruise in southeast Alaska (dialup warning) blaze Apr 2012 #17
Great pics! RZM Apr 2012 #23
gorgeous photos! Are they yours? Flaxbee Apr 2012 #25
Thanks Flaxbee! blaze Apr 2012 #60
HEY! annabanana Apr 2012 #47
:) blaze Apr 2012 #61
Wow.....what a great question.....and such a tough one to answer...... Gato Moteado Apr 2012 #18
A male Pileated Woodpecker. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #19
beautiful! stuntcat Apr 2012 #39
I thought I didn't have much, but I've seen one of those! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #54
We have a family of pileated woodpeckers in our backyard. They had a baby last year GOPonziconz Apr 2012 #80
Beavers. bluedigger Apr 2012 #20
Saw hippos in the river from a distance when I was in Central Africa.. undeterred Apr 2012 #21
That's pretty cool RZM Apr 2012 #22
The people I was staying with had a pretty good sense of how to observe undeterred Apr 2012 #24
Hippos on land at night ate very dangerous. Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #43
Yeah, everything is dangerous at night... undeterred Apr 2012 #49
I'll agree with that. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #50
Most of the time However I remember lunasun Apr 2012 #75
emergency car trouble>camp had to be done in area hippos crossed at night! lunasun Apr 2012 #74
Peregrine Falcons Mendocino Apr 2012 #26
A Great Snowy Owl TrogL Apr 2012 #27
10000 Canada Geese TrogL Apr 2012 #31
Had a full grown bobcat jump on the hood of my Jeep. bluesbassman Apr 2012 #28
A grizzly bear, a lynx, a mountain lion cliffordu Apr 2012 #29
Vicuņas in South America. Cleita Apr 2012 #30
Bears, moose, foxes, coyotes, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #32
A bear...in his natural habitat... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #33
Definitely when I went on safari in Africa at the Londolozi Game Reserve Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #34
I'm a city boy. Giant rats in the subway. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #36
I live in St Paul, so it's a pretty big list Generic Brad Apr 2012 #37
I saw the wild parrots in San Francisco stuntcat Apr 2012 #38
There was a film about that ... I never saw it, but I'd like to: Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #42
That was what made me want to go find them! stuntcat Apr 2012 #45
We've had up to 50 wild parrots in our yard. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #57
Skunks are precious! stuntcat Apr 2012 #71
I saw about five of these in a tree in Costa Rica one time ... Quetzal birds: Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #41
Absolutely gorgeous. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #44
Got to see only one fly by in Monteverde cloud forest I think in CR lunasun Apr 2012 #76
Yes, that's where we were when we saw them, in Monteverde. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #89
I like animals that cross that line and begin to accept you as part of the landscape. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #46
Armadillos and Horny Toads Xipe Totec Apr 2012 #48
I always wanted to see a bear. NCTraveler Apr 2012 #51
I saw 13 bears on a 2 week trip to Alaska. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #58
That sounds great. NCTraveler Apr 2012 #59
I had to rescue a busload of Japanese tourists from a bear TrogL Apr 2012 #87
I would not like to find myself next to a mother and her cubs in the wild. NCTraveler May 2012 #94
A Cobra In Kenya DallasNE Apr 2012 #52
orca, Humpback whales, marlin, manta rays AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #53
Bears and moose in Alaska, elephant seals at a CA beach Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #55
Once, I saw a Luna Moth sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #62
I saw one of these critters once Botany Apr 2012 #63
Orcas in the San Juan islands Major Nikon Apr 2012 #64
Standing in my front yard, I saw a murder of crows chasing off a bald eagle. siligut Apr 2012 #66
Humpback whale and her baby. avebury Apr 2012 #68
A platypus....while camping in a National Park in Australia livetohike Apr 2012 #69
Big red kangaroos in full flight...just amazing...and so seemingly effortless SwissTony Apr 2012 #70
Dolphins KamaAina Apr 2012 #72
American salt water crocodile. earthbone Apr 2012 #73
Cougar tops the mammal list XemaSab Apr 2012 #77
I saw a Kori Bustard in Namibia. It made me think of a pteroactyl and it's the largest flying bird GOPonziconz Apr 2012 #78
Red-tailed hawk sakabatou Apr 2012 #79
When I was in college... Fearless Apr 2012 #81
If it lives within the borders of Alaska, I've seen it. Arctic Dave Apr 2012 #82
Top of my list oleander hawkmoth Apr 2012 #83
A small flock of wild turkeys. yellerpup Apr 2012 #84
Polar bears in Churchill and around Hudson Bay. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #86
Elk, horny toad, and baby bob cat. lonestarnot May 2012 #91
Close encounter as a teenager with a great horned owl JCMach1 May 2012 #92
wild animals byeya May 2012 #95
Mink.. 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #96
Elephant in Kenya, hippos in SA, leopards in Congo oneshooter May 2012 #97
Just the other evening I got to see a scissortail up close Sentath May 2012 #98
There's a half-man half-gator who lives in the Gotham sewers Bruce Wayne May 2012 #99
Whales from a catamaran off Hawaii - course they were not very close benld74 May 2012 #100
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