Moose

World Wildlife Day 2024

By |2024-03-03T10:04:21-07:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark County, Conservation, Great Basin Bumble Bees, House Wrens, Idaho, Long-horned Bees, Moose, Targhee National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Every March 3, the world comes together to honor World Wildlife Day, a global occasion that pays tribute to the astounding array of life inhabiting our planet.

Ghost Moose With A Tick Infestation

By |2024-03-16T03:16:13-06:00May 12th, 2022|Categories: Moose, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was excited to spot a bull Moose bedded down and nearly hidden from view while I was up in Morgan County high in the Wasatch Mountains.

My Two Most Recent Moose Sightings And My Frustrations While Photographing Them

By |2024-03-03T09:37:56-07:00October 7th, 2018|Categories: Moose, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have often written that bird photography isn't easy and that it can be frustrating, wildlife photography can be much the same and my two recent sightings of Moose in the Wasatch Mountains can prove my point easily.

Young Bull Moose Plus Least Chipmunks In A Mountain Canyon

By |2024-03-03T09:06:21-07:00August 9th, 2018|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Moose, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I haven't just found and photographed birds this week, I have also had some furry creatures in my viewfinder including a young bull Moose and plenty of Least Chipmunks.

Close Up Photos Of A Bull Moose In Velvet Eating Willows

By |2024-03-03T08:44:16-07:00June 1st, 2018|Categories: Moose, Summit County, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I laughed again when I saw this photo on my camera LCD, the Moose was reaching to grab more willow leaves but was also keeping an eye on me in the mobile blind while his "beard" swung like the clapper of a bell.

Young Wildlife – Moose, Marmot, Pronghorn, Red Fox and Wild Horses

By |2024-03-13T15:50:07-06:00May 2nd, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Idaho, Montana, Moose, Mustangs, Pronghorn, Red Foxes, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Targhee National Forest, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Horses, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Spring is the season of birth and rebirth, the leaves of trees unfurl, the dormant grasses and forbs poke up through the ground, flower buds burst open and flowers in all the colors of the rainbow appear on the landscapes, birds nest and incubate and wild animals give birth to their young.

Sky Line Drive and Wasatch Mountain Journeys

By |2024-03-03T08:35:08-07:00July 16th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Green-tailed Towhees, Moose, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I might need to go wandering up the canyons and Sky Line Drive soon just to see what birds and creatures I can find.

Raising my glass to 2015!

By |2024-03-03T07:06:51-07:00January 1st, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Beaverhead County, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Davis County, House Wrens, Idaho, Montana, Moose, Swainson's Hawks, Targhee National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Raising the glass attached to my camera that is! I'm excited about the photographic opportunities that will present themselves in 2015.

Posts from the Past – Wildlife

By |2024-03-13T15:08:29-06:00July 27th, 2014|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Loggerhead Turtles, Red Foxes, San Rafael Swell area, Summit County, The Wedge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am focusing on older posts that have wildlife in them starting with Loggerhead Turtles then going to a Moose, a Midget Faded Rattlesnake and Red Fox kits.

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Cow Moose And Her Calf

By |2024-03-03T06:39:50-07:00September 5th, 2013|Categories: Moose, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I headed up Skyline Drive at the entrance to Bountiful Canyon to see if I could find any migrating raptors riding the thermals of the Wasatch Mountain Range and while that wasn't a "bountiful" activity finding a Moose and her calf  feeding near a beaver pond was.

Creatures Great and Small – Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By |2024-03-03T05:53:28-07:00June 17th, 2012|Categories: Montana, Moose, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Yellow-pine Chipmunks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are many mammals to see at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana, I haven't seen them all yet but I hope to one day. On this last trip I saw Moose, Elk, Skunks, Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, Foxes, White-tailed and Mule Deer, Yellow-bellied Marmots, and Pronghorns.

This Mule Deer is not a “dumb animal”

By |2024-03-03T05:44:03-07:00October 24th, 2010|Categories: Captive killing - large game, Elk, Moose, Mule Deer, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The truly dumb animals are the people who install high fences on private property to cage large game animals inside and then for enormous fees encourage and allow other dumb animals to shoot captive animals and call it hunting.

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