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sirenaGuides: 2 | Official Routes: 2Triplogs Last: 3,448 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 3,529 d - Joined: Feb 12 2008 8:04 pm
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Cool wildlife sighting
Last night, I was walking the road in Sabino, and I saw a baby Gila Monster! It was only about an inch wide and about 8 inches long. It was in the road, but couldn't get up the steep curb, so I took a stick and helped it back up so that it could return to the desert. I took a bunch of pictures and a movie of it, and reviewed them quickly before finishing my walk. But when I got home- there were no pictures on the memory card! My camera doesn't have an internal memory, either, so they can't be on there. So weird. The lack of pictures is disappointing, but it was still one of the best wildlife sightings I've ever had.
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kevinweitzel75Guides: 0 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: 4,895 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Apr 04 2010 1:15 pm
- City, State: Mesa, AZ.
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
Don't get to see too many of them. Really sorry that there are no pix. 
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the road less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
I took the road less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
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azbackpackrGuides: 27 | Official Routes: 23Triplogs Last: 79 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 772 d - Joined: Jan 21 2006 6:46 am
- City, State: Eagar AZ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
Cool!
There is a point of no return unremarked at the time in most lives. Graham Greene The Comedians
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A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.
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big_loadGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 1Triplogs Last: 596 d | RS: 3Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,485 d - Joined: Oct 28 2003 11:20 am
- City, State: Andover, NJ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
Great! I still haven't seen a Gila Monster in the wild.
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azbackpackrGuides: 27 | Official Routes: 23Triplogs Last: 79 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 772 d
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- City, State: Eagar AZ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
Didn't you know they meet you at the airport??
(popular children's book title...)
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There is a point of no return unremarked at the time in most lives. Graham Greene The Comedians
A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.
A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.
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big_loadGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 1Triplogs Last: 596 d | RS: 3Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,485 d
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- City, State: Andover, NJ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
I hadn't heard of that one, but I'm a little out of date. Maybe I should send them my itinerary.
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SuperstitionGuyGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: 1,598 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Dec 25 2005 8:24 pm
- City, State: Queen Creek, Arizona
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
I witnessed a family of javalina crossing a dirt forest service road with some newborns, one of which was to small to climb up and over the berm left by a motorgrader. One of the adults returned and boosted him over by putting their snout under the little ones behind and boosting him up and over. I laughed for about five minutes afterwards as it was so funny to watch!
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- Garth McCann from the movie Second Hand Lions
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Current avatar courtesy of Snakemarks
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sneakySASQUATCHGuides: 4 | Official Routes: 6Triplogs Last: 50 d | RS: 2Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,168 d - Joined: Aug 23 2005 9:26 am
- City, State: Pike National Forest, Co
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
Last hike I took a picture of javelina who refused to move despite me pulling up right beside him/her. It appeared to be enjoying a cactus pad.
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Carioca43Guides: 0 | Official Routes: 1Triplogs Last: 3,223 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 3,756 d - Joined: Nov 03 2008 9:42 am
- City, State: QC AZ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
In April I saw my first Gila Monster in the wild doing the Hackberry Springs loop in the Superstitions. Born and raised in AZ just had never run across one. Funny thing is it was about 100 yards from a Rattlesnake on the other side of the trail. I need to enter a triplog with pictures. Thanks for reminding me
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SredfieldGuides: 4 | Official Routes: 4Triplogs Last: 51 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 505 d - Joined: Sep 08 2002 1:07 pm
- City, State: Ahwatukee, AZ
Re: Cool wildlife sighting
We saw a gila monster IN TOWN today, making its way across the road, then thru the brush. This one was rather salmon colored, didn't look fully mature-kind of small. I never imagined seeing one is a populated area.
Shawn
The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.
The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.
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