Suddenly the summer is almost half gone and I haven’t gotten into my summer riding schedule yet. So this week I have ridden to Holmesville and back every morning. Somehow I had forgotten just how enjoyable those early morning rides are, even in the rain as it was this morning. Leah and I have ridden [...]
Archive for the ‘Mammals’ Category
Catching Up
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Reptiles, Summer on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aquatic Engineer at Work
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am always amazed to see a tree that has been taken down by a beaver. It would seem to be akin to a human being cutting it down with a sharp pocket knife but the teeth and muscles of the beaver are probably better suited for cutting trees than human hands and steel. Earlier [...]
River Otter
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Spring on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We rode back toward Killbuck again this evening to watch the beavers. Sure enough we saw one swimming in the same water where we had seen one previously. I stopped and took a few photographs. We rode on down to the big lodge just north of Killbuck and didn’t see any more beavers. On the [...]
Castor canadensis
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Spring on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last evening Leah and I rode back down the trail toward Killbuck to look for more beaver activity. We were not disappointed. This one was swimming in the water northwest of the trail. We stopped to watch it for a few minutes. It swam to shore, then swam off again. I followed along the trail [...]
Beaver
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Winter on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While there is a lot of evidence of beaver activity along the Trail between Millersburg and Killbuck the animals themselves have always been quite secretive and difficult to see. This evening Leah and I rode south to Killbuck in the late afternoon. On the way down, I caught sight of a beaver swimming in the [...]
Mustela vison
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Spring, Summer on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although mink are described as being nocturnal, we often see them on our morning rides. This little guy was in the grass along the Trail just north of Township Road 346. Leah saw him first. I stopped and got the camera up for two quick shots and he was gone. He had the birds in [...]
Racoon encounter
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I was riding north from Millersburg when a racoon shot across the trail right in front of me. It was obviously very surprised and quickly headed for the nearest tree. After climbing up to the first branches, it posed nicely for a photo. However, by the time I got the camera out, the racoon [...]
Sandhill Cranes
Posted in Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Spring on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last evening Leah and I cycled south to Killbuck. We got a brief view of a beaver swimming. A little further down the trail a Garter snake crossed the trail right in front of us at full speed. This morning we biked north to Holmesville. Last year we would often see Sandhill Cranes near the County Home [...]
Whitetail Deer
Posted in Holmes County Trail, Mammals, Spring on June 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friday morning, I started off on a ride north from Millersburg. A little over a mile north of the Depot there was a young whitetail deer on the Trail. I slowed down to give it time to get out of the way. Although I don’t have any first hand experience with bicycle-animal collisions, it would [...]
