What are your top three animals you hope to see sometimes in the future?

[Kookork]

For me :
1-Wolverine : They are pound for pound the bravest and strongest animals.
2-Marco polo sheep: The most elegant wild sheep in the world and as rare as it gets.
3-Polar bear: love to see one before it is too late.

[Malto]

I hit many of the normal ones on my last trip to Wyoming, grizzly, moose, bison. That leaves a few:
1) Bigfoot.
2) agree on Wolverine, that would be cool (not as cool as bigfoot.)
3) big horn sheep, haven't check that one off yet.

[devoidapop]

Atlantic sturgeon, wild red wolves, and any of the big cats

[Kookork]

I hit many of the normal ones on my last trip to Wyoming, grizzly, moose, bison. That leaves a few:
1) Bigfoot.
2) agree on Wolverine, that would be cool (not as cool as bigfoot.)
3) big horn sheep, haven't check that one off yet.

I guess you have been close to bighorns while hiking without seeing them. Doesn't Sierra have bighorn?
Now imagine a sheep with 6.2 feet long horn and one extra circle(trun) on horn compared to bighorn and you have Marco Polo Sheep.

[AfterParty]

Bull elk. Tropical birds. Dik dik

[saltysack]

1-Big cat
2-Grizzly
3-Wolf


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[TX Aggie]

Bald Eagle
Chipmunks
Armadillos

Anything else, and I'm fine with seeing them in Nat Geo.


Ok, seriously:
Timber Wolf (one, not a whole pack)
Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion
Moose or Elk


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[Feral Bill]

Lynx, flying squirrel, blue whale

[coach lou]

Cat
Wolf
Bull Trout...........

[rocketsocks]

Bear
Rattler
Dodoh bird

[Lone Wolf]

kittens, puppies, ducklings

[Dogwood]

In the wild:

African lion pride on the hunt.
Polar Bear snagging a seal at a breather hole in the ice.
Tiger
Mountain Gorilla - going fast
Egyptian Cobra
Lemur - many endangered
Orangutan - soon to only be seen in sanctuaries or for human amusement in zoos
Venomous snakes of Australia - Death Adder, Eastern Brown, Taipan, Tiger, bunch of sea snakes
Blue Krait - a sea snake from Indonesia
Javan(declared extinct) or Black Rhino(CRITICALLY Endangered)
Gliding Flying Squirrel
African Elephant herd - going fast and highly threatened
Scarlet Macaws

[garlic08]

Lynx, flying squirrel, blue whale

I actually saw my first flying squirrel in Mt Assiniboine PP on a snowy morning last fall. Funny thing is, I saw a moose an hour earlier.

I tried to get out to the Galapagos a couple of decades ago, but political unrest in Ecuador made the travel impossible. I would someday love to see the endemic species out there.

[imscotty]

Great question KooKork, but impossible to narrow down to just three. So let me just name three that I have been actively seeking, but have yet to see...

Sperm Whale
Great White Shark
Mountain Lion or jaguar

[imscotty]

And if I may hijack your tread a bit KooKirk, I think it would also be interesting to have people list their favorite wildlife encounters that they have actually experienced.

Mine would be...

Resplendent Quetzal
A Fer-de-lance who would not give me the path
Young Whale Shark
Seeing about 10% of the entire population of the North Atlantic Right Whale at once (over 30 whales)
American Pika (I love those guys)
Jabiru Stork
Harlequin Beetle
Ptarmigam

[Feral Bill]

And if I may hijack your tread a bit KooKirk, I think it would also be interesting to have people list their favorite wildlife encounters that they have actually experienced.

Mine would be...

Resplendent Quetzal
A Fer-de-lance who would not give me the path
Young Whale Shark
Seeing about 10% of the entire population of the North Atlantic Right Whale at once (over 30 whales)
American Pika (I love those guys)
Jabiru Stork
Harlequin Beetle
Ptarmigam

On this list, cougar, wolverine. wolf

[Kookork]

And if I may hijack your tread a bit KooKirk, I think it would also be interesting to have people list their favorite wildlife encounters that they have actually experienced.

Mine would be...

Resplendent Quetzal
A Fer-de-lance who would not give me the path
Young Whale Shark
Seeing about 10% of the entire population of the North Atlantic Right Whale at once (over 30 whales)
American Pika (I love those guys)
Jabiru Stork
Harlequin Beetle
Ptarmigam

Your list made me jealous.
When I was in Iran I used to brag about seeing a bear there but when I moved to Canada found out it is better to shut up about it. My special moment in Iran was when I saw a Leopard in mountain when we were hunting a wild Ram. Canadian proud moment for me was catching a glimpse of a flying squirrel. they are not uncommon in rural areas but they are very elusive. It was two seconds of sheer joy to see it flew over my head.

[Timo]

i would like to see a honey badger and a scarebear get into a fight. it does not matter that the fat bear weighs many more pounds. i think the honey badger would win.

[gpburdelljr]

Several people have mentioned flying squirrels. They are rarely seen because they are nocturnal, and rarely out during the day. I saw some that had nested in a bluebird house.

[imscotty]

Your list made me jealous.
When I was in Iran I used to brag about seeing a bear there but when I moved to Canada found out it is better to shut up about it. My special moment in Iran was when I saw a Leopard in mountain when we were hunting a wild Ram. Canadian proud moment for me was catching a glimpse of a flying squirrel. they are not uncommon in rural areas but they are very elusive. It was two seconds of sheer joy to see it flew over my head.

I am jealous of your leopard sighting. What a great treat that must have been. A few years ago I had a flying squirrel family take up residence in a wall in my house. That was not fun, I would have been happy to ship them to you. They are not that uncommon around me, just hard to detect. When I see them is usually just after dusk. When I walk down my dirt road I will get short glimpses of them gliding from one side of the road to the other.