Akkana PeckI saw a jackrabbit in the open space south of White Rock a couple days ago! First time I've seen one since moving to #NewMexico, though Dave saw one at Redwash, near Abiquiu, last year. Very cool to know we have jackrabbits (well, at least one) in the neighborhood. No photo, alas; it was running when I saw it.
Bosque Bill@akkana Cool. There are a few below the mesa edge west of Albuquerque within the Petroglyph park.
@bosquebill ABQ has such great wildlife. Way more roadrunners than we have, too.
@akkana At least in those areas not yet developed.
Bob Tregilus@bosquebill @akkana I've yet to spend much time hiking around the Aztec area but so far I haven't seen any jacks or road runners. Perhaps that will change once I get moved there? Can't say I've ever seen a road runner anywhere on the Colorado Plateau in SE Utah where I've done tons of hiking. Maybe, but if I did, it was a fleeting encounter.
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Ditto for SE UT likewise I haven’t seen or heard coyotes there which seems strange.
Ditto for SE UT likewise I haven’t seen or heard coyotes there which seems strange.
@bosquebill I can't say I hear coyotes a lot there either. But I tend to ignore them as I hear them so often here in Nevada. I suspect if the coyote population is small in SE Utah you can thank the ranchers. It has been shown that coyotes only scavenge cattle, they don't hunt them, but they are still actively trapped & poisoned. Even if coyotes hunted cattle like grizzlies do, a healthy coyote/grizzly population is a tax ranchers should pay for running their stupid cows on public lands.
@elaterite @bosquebill We have a pretty healthy coyote population here. You'd probably hear them singing every night if you stayed up for a lot of the night, which I no longer do. We're always seeing letters in the local paper about the dangerous coyotes boldly stalking people (*rolls eyes*) and how you should "haze" them to scare them away. Not a good place for people who want to keep outdoor cats, small dogs or chickens.
@akkana @elaterite Lots of 'em here in the bosque (and sometimes in my back yard) which is why I notice their absence while camping.
@akkana I love hearing coyotes going off! They are such enigmatic icons of the West.
@elaterite @akkana Lovely to hear them sing in the distance. Not as amusing when right outside your bedroom window in the middle of the night. They are LOUD (perhaps unsurprisingly.) Getting up and turning on the flood lights at the back of the house moves them off at least. Though it takes a while for the adrenaline to flush out of the system so I can get back to sleep. Still I'd rather have them than not.