More Moose!

   This morning around 7:30am, I was sitting in the living room about to turn on the television.  I glanced out the window and was startled to see this...!

 

   Both these moose seem young.  I don't know if the larger of the two is the mother of the smaller one or if they just happen to be youngsters traveling together.  (Click on any of the pictures to enlarge them.)

 They had a good nibble on the crabapple and cherry trees!

 

 

 

 

 

 This is the larger moose, eyeing up the cherry tree.

 

   On the south side of the house, outside the plant room, muching on the remnants of mint plants in the bathtub planter.  Kitty's paying very close attention and is wondering what the heck is outside her window.

 

   Nibbling on another crabapple tree.  I left the room for a minute and when I came back, this moose was nowhere in sight.  She must have hopped over the back fence into the alley.

Meanwhile, the little moose was still working on the crabapple tree in our front yard.

 

The little one, too, walked around the side of the house and stopped to taste the apple tree.

 

   She (or he) tried to follow the larger moose but was unable to jump over the back fence.  She paced back and forth between the back fence and the front yard a few times, trying to figure out what to do.

 

   The little moose finally decided to leave via our driveway, the way she came in.  Once at the street, she trotted away to the north.

   About an hour later, I looked out the kitchen window and spotted the smaller moose in our neighbour's back yard two doors to the north.  As I was calling to R. to tell him the little moose was still around, the larger one lumbered by our kitchen window, right in front of me! Ha!  By the time I grabbed by camera, they were both back in our driveway.

Looking both ways before entering the street.  Smart moose. :)

 

   And off they trot again, to the north.  I hope they're able to get back to the edge of town and into the woods safely.  I heard several dogs barking, which made these guys nervous.   It was shortly before 9:00am when I took these pictures, so there was likely a lot of traffic on the main streets (school runs, people getting to work, etc.)  Hopefully, they will lay low in one of the alleys or someone's wooded back yard until things quiet down in the streets.