Moose

It's that time of the year when a moose's interest turns to love. Yesterday I was walking on the Appalachian Trail with a friend when up ahead I saw a dark form in the woods. "Moose!" I grabbed my camera and crept ahead.

It's dangerous out in the woods now,and I'm not kidding. Bull Moose want some loving and they really don't have much to fear, and the hormones coursing through there system makes them not too afraid. They have been know to charge cars,trains hikers,cows, just about anything that they feel is a threat to their territory or their chances of scoring. I had a friend get treed by a moose a while ago. He spent a good half hour in that tree.

Alces alces

God's Dog

Canis latrans
In my backyard, today .

The usual suspects.

I was out the other day in the woods and got accosted by a of couple gangs. Before I got away , I was able to get a few shots off.

Boreal Chickadee (Parus hudsinicus)

Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

The Other Morning...

I usually wake up around 5 am all year long.

Here's one of the reason's why.

Umbagog NWR

This past Wednesday I spent over in New Hampshire at Umbagog NWR. It's a 7 mile long lake, on the border of Maine and New Hampshire and is over 7,000 acres. But just 15 feet deep

Excellent bird habitat, and from the looks of things the fishing should be good.

Water lilies,bladderwort,a couple of eagles, fish, some sharp-shinned hawks, a merlin or two, throw in a few loons and you have a good idea what the refuge is like. Migrants are already streaming through the area. Whirligig beetles were rafted up in the thousands. It's hard to sit and write about someplace like this. A thousand images and experiences are going through my mind, and all I want to do is to go back.

The Refuge is in the process of doing surveys on what inhabits the area. Makes me want to go back over and help out, and I may just go back to see if I can. It's not far.

I know they have at least two Green Frogs (Rana clamitans).

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

After a dinner in Errol, it was time to go home and stop briefly at Cupsuptic River to watch the moon and sunset.

For more information on Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge ,click here.