Moose On The Loose!

You never know what you'll find when you go out in the field to dragonfly or bird. That's part of the fun of it.

A week ago, Betsy and I went to Winthrop, WA for a day at Beaver Pond. On the way, we stopped at a small pond at Rainy Pass, as we always do. This is a great pond for finding mosquitos—one of the best we know of, in fact.  Fortunately, it's also a good place to find Black Meadowhawks, like this one:



This time, however, we had just pulled up to the pond when we noticed a different sort of creature—a rather large moose. It was quietly munching on the vegetation. Here are a couple pictures of it:





No one else in the area seemed to have noticed it, and so the moose was just enjoying itself without any disturbance. We left it in peace, and headed for Winthrop.