Moose on the Loose

It is unusual to see such large animals right in the city. But this moose must have been in search of food with the immense amount of snow I can imagine that is laying in his usual neck of the woods.

But this young bull wandered his way into Jill and Richard's back yard this afternoon, and then sauntered over the fence into their neighbor's as if it was merely a little log to negotiate.

He was only skitterish once when a large vehicle passed by and honked its horn. Otherwise, he happily feasted on the junipers and arborvitae and low limbs of fruit trees. When he tired of me snapping away at him (always with a get-away plan), he made himself a bed underneath one of the evergreens. He is still there now, and I am hoping still in the morning when I can maybe position myself to get some better shots.

Meanwhile, it was 52° here today, and amazing to see how quickly all the ice is melting away. The huge icicle that went down our chain drain in the front yard was whole this morning and is gone this afternoon. And flooding like you wouldn't believe! We still have plenty of snow in our yards, but if the weather stays like this for the next week (as they predict) it will be gone. Amen to that!