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Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts) Thu Oct 9, 2014, 11:31 PM Oct 2014

Moose and birch trees

A young bull and another female were on the other side of the trail here, but behind some trees so I couldn't get a good shot.

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Moose and birch trees (Original Post) Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 OP

Very pretty, my dear Blue! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #1

No, no barriers. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #4

That's a great shot, Blue! intheflow Oct 2014 #2

Nice! Tom Kitten Oct 2014 #3

Yes, I was fairly close, Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #5

Are you SURE you weren't taking photos in my back yard? raven mad Oct 2014 #6

It hasn't snowed here yet, Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #7

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)

1. Very pretty, my dear Blue!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 12:23 AM

Oct 2014

I'd say you did well...was there any barrier between you and the moose?

Or are they normally not aggressive?

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

4. No, no barriers.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 02:39 AM

Oct 2014

They're pretty used to people here in town and generally ignore us. The only time they're really unpredictable is in the spring when the babies are little, and the males sometimes get kind of hyper in the fall when the hormones are pumping.

intheflow

(28,476 posts)

2. That's a great shot, Blue!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 12:32 AM

Oct 2014

A bit enchanted looking, the trees are almost glowing.

Tom Kitten

(7,347 posts)

3. Nice!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 01:42 AM

Oct 2014

That's as close as I'd want to get! And I thought elk were big.

I took some pictures of some local fauna today, also. Squirrels! We are kindred spirits!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

5. Yes, I was fairly close,

Reply to Tom Kitten (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 02:41 AM

Oct 2014

But not as close as I've been other times. I used a 50 mm lens on the 7D.

I love squirrels, but the one that lived by us for years has disappeared. I fear he succumbed to something.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

6. Are you SURE you weren't taking photos in my back yard?

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 12:02 AM

Oct 2014

LOL! Last of the kale, first snow...............

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

7. It hasn't snowed here yet,

Reply to raven mad (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 03:19 AM

Oct 2014

but I've got everything in from my garden - three nice, hard red cabbages and a bunch of kale. It tastes so good. I forget -- are you in Fairbanks?

This moose is along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, very near Earthquake Park.

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