Mama and Little

   We've had many visits from deer this year, but yesterday morning was the first visit from moose in a while.  

 

   A mama moose, who was in our neighbour's back yard, became separated from it's youngster, who was in the alley.  They were separated by a 6 foot chain-link fence.  We think the mama hopped our back gate and then the fence that separates our property from our neighbour's: both are significantly shorter than the neighbour's back fence.  The mama would have had no problem navigating our back gate and fence, but her youngster would have.

 

 

  

   The neighbour has two gates beside their house, blocking their back yard from the street.  That prevented mama moose from heading onto the street, down the block, and into the alley, where her youngster waited.   The little one began making distress calls, and mama anxiously trotted back and forth between the back and front of the neighbour's yard, trying to get out.

 

 

   Finally, mama jumped (or rather, hurled herself over) the fence and managed to get into the alley despite one of her back legs/hips being temporarily caught on the top of the fence.  

The fence is a bit worse for wear...

 

   ...but Mama and Little were happily reunited.  They munched on some leaves before leaving the north end of the alley together.