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Originally Posted by Fun4us
Always wanted to see one! I don't know what I would do if I saw one swimming, but i'll have my camera ready!  |
We'll see a moose about every third season.
We heard a loud, shuffling "walk" through the woods, and one passed below our porch, giving us an "aerial view" of one very large moose-critter with antlers. Our guest jogged off after it, camera in hand. Probably a bad idea -- no pictures, anyway.
Another season, a moose swam up to our beach -- such as it is -- and "walked" up our driveway. It had been pursued by a boater, who had sighted it and raced back for a camera.
A stressed, swimming, moose is an even faster swimmer, with its head, shoulders and rump above the water. Prior to the chase, from 3000 feet away, it appeared like a cruising loon with its wings raised. (Just the moose's head/ears above water, rubber necking, as though "It looks a bit more lush over there -- no, over there -- well, maybe over there...maybe Rattlesnake Island is better...well, maybe...ooooo,
Cow Island!")
Moose are invisible at night. A guest swerved his VW to miss a moose, and described the encounter as "First my headlights appeared to go out -- then the headlights of an oncoming car outlined the tips of the moose's fur -- back and belly". He swerved in the opposite direction as the moose was traveling. Very smart. A 17-year-old motorist was killed near here -- and his passenger critical from a moose-strike -- as of this past week. Watch for the moose-crossing signs.
Is is possible to add a "
Critter Forum"? We miss past reports of bats, loons, carpenter ants, friendly rodents, unwelcome rodents, garter snakes, mergansers, and dock spiders. (Well, maybe not the dock spiders -- there's been a bumper crop here this year).