You'll often read that moose are solitary animals, but my experience dispells that. I have seen bulls hanging out with bulls and bulls hanging with moms and young babies in mid summer and not just during the rutting season. They aren't herd animals, but they can be social at times of the year when "experts" would tell you they are solitary.
This is a re-post from 2014 with photos added through 2016.
The mother moose pictured here is a regular around where I spend the summer and fall. She feels like a special neighbor to me. These pics were taken about a mile from my cabin last night. The sun had gone down and it was sprinkling. Last week they were in the meadow even closer to my place. They were grazing with a deer nearby. Right after these photos were taken, I saw a large, gorgeous bull elk crossing a stream and running into the forest. I read where throughout continental Europe, what we call a moose has often been known as the "elk."
DID YOU KNOW?
~ Moose are part of the deer family.
~ They can get six to seven feet tall at the shoulder and weigh 1800 pounds!
~Their ears can rotate as if they would be the radar of a fish trawler.
~ Bulls’ antlers can span up to 6 feet wide and weigh up to 90 lbs.
~ Moose have the highest rate of bone formation growth; growing up to 1 inch a day.
~Female moose (cows) are pregnant for 8 months
~Moose have bad eyesight.
~You are more likely to see a fully antlered Bull Moose in September and October before shedding them in winter.
According to EarthJustice.org, "Warming temperatures have led to an explosion of white-tailed deer population in northern Minnesota, which carry a parasitic worm that is deadly to moose. The worm damages the moose’s central nervous system, leaving it weak, disoriented and susceptible to predation. Global warming is also allowing dog ticks to expand northward in Maine, which hurts the moose population of the Northeast." [source]
More Moose Pics From Colorado
I found the moose antler in May 2017.
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