On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:19:11 GMT, Bill Baka <[email hidden]>
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"recycled-one" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I know they are around but I never see raccoons on night rides.
They probably are around. In the Cook County (IL) Forest Preserves, there are picnic groves with open barrels for trash. In the evening after dark, there are raccoons all over these. If you have a spot nearby like this, see if you can find any raccoons there.
Over short distances, raccoons can show decent speed (>= 15 miles per hour).
I have parked near cans in the forest preserves and waited and sometimes had baby raccoons come up for a handout. I am from Illinois first, California is an accident. Once the babies got used to me the mother would sometimes come up close but not too close and try to steal the food from her kids. No manners. Back in 1962 when there were more of them. Bill Baka
"Cathy Kearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Whoah, you folks have been holding out on me.
i ride to work at 3pm, then home at 12am. the afternoon ride is full of cars, car doors, peds, trucks, kids & did i mention car doors? the ride home is a delight save for the occasional shouts from bars full of drunks.
"Cathy Kearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Whoah, you folks have been holding out on me. There is nothing like
riding
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on a deserted bike path through the calm dark night under the stars. It
was
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so good I took a detour to get in a few more miles. So today I'm off to
buy
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lights for my husband's bike, and we can both hit the night session and
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home together. Not only am I a convert, I'm now attempting to recruit my husband. :-). I'm thinking of date nights in Palo Alto through the rest
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the summer. Maybe while I'm at it I should buy lights for my daughter so she can ride in the dark with us when she returns from camp.
Yes, my husband and I rode home in the dark. And the next night my 12 year old was delighted with her new lights, and went to see the night tennis match with me just so she could ride home in the dark. It was 10pm at night, and she had gotten up early that morning, but she really liked the ride home down the deserted bike paths and empty local lanes. I have two more converts.
"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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rabbits will attempt to freeze or bolt, skunks are just arrogant. I guess raccoons are there too, just discreet.
IME it's the raccoons who are arrogant; they'll just amble along across your line and give you a Fabrizio Mazzoleni dirty look, if they acknowledge your presence at all.
I did see my first live city raccoon Friday night. I had stopped in a park around midnight for a drink. I sat at a bench with a garbage can next to it. I heard a scrabbling sound and sure enough a raccoon pops up from the can not a meter away from where I'm sitting. He [she?] gave me a doleful look and shuffled off to a nearby tree to wait until I leave so he could resume his dinner.
"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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In article <[email hidden]>, "recycled-one" <[email hidden]> writes:
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rabbits will attempt to freeze or bolt, skunks are just arrogant. I guess raccoons are there too, just discreet.
IME it's the raccoons who are arrogant; they'll just amble along across your line and give you a Fabrizio Mazzoleni dirty look, if they acknowledge your presence at all.
I did see my first live city raccoon Friday night. I had stopped in a park around midnight for a drink. I sat at a bench with a garbage can next to it. I heard a scrabbling sound and sure enough a raccoon pops up from the can not a meter away from where I'm sitting. He [she?] gave me a doleful look and shuffled off to a nearby tree to wait until I leave so he could resume his dinner.
I have a whole family of 'em in my neighborhood, and they seem to love the fence along the side of my house. More than once I've gone out to get in the hot tub and heard them scratching -- good thing I hear 'em or I'd walk right into one of the babies and who knows what mama would do. (She hisses as it is.)
"Bill Sornson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I have a whole family of 'em in my neighborhood, and they seem to love the fence along the side of my house. More than once I've gone out to get in the hot tub and heard them scratching -- good thing I hear 'em or I'd walk right into one of the babies and who knows what mama would do. (She hisses as it is.)
Careful. Rabies is very prevalent among raccoons, and their droppings contain all manner of parasite eggs and other assorted nasties.
