That looks like a youngster to me Amy, good capture! I didn't realize moose ranged so far East. I do know they are found in Michigan so I guess I was wrong. We used to have them all over just a few years ago. Now it is rare to see one in town altho the "Farthest North Denny's," had a surprise customer in January when a bull came in from the minus thirty-five temperatures via their automatic door. 

Patrica thank you, he is a young male as you can see by the horns just starting. This was taken in the Spring when he was a bit shaggy.. I have gone walking here  and have come across  moose in the field. I did miss out one winter, 3 moose stuck their heads through the trees at the same time during a snow storm and it would have made a lovely photo..

Bubble, for the most part, you leave them alone and they will leave you alone. They are a beautiful creature.

I think the moose in Michigan are mostly in the UP, although I would not be surprised to hear of them being in the Lower Peninsula (we are not the LP, however, to the UP residents, we are Trolls).  I too thought it was a young moose.

Mary Ann

I love listening to the call of the loon echoing across the lakes at night..

Amy, I remember visiting a cousin in Minnesota who lived on a lake and I loved the call of the loons.  None around where I live.

Mary Ann

The call of loons reminds me of the film On a Golden Pond.  It was the first time I learned about them.

I remember a time when I worked at a mall store cutting fabric a few miles from home. I walked back and forth along a fenced-in bike path with river bordered bush on one side and a two-lane highway on the other. A large bull would stand, and people watch altho few believed me because no one paid attention or  drove past.

Then one day he came up and stood at the crosswalk seemingly to wait for the light to turn while in reality waiting for a break in traffic. When the light flashed red, and traffic stopped; he then proceeded across the crosswalk, ambled down the further bank, and swam across the river before disappearing back into the bush until the next day.

They say we have an in-town population of about 200 moose on the average; however, people rarely see them because they don't pay attention to their surroundings. Amy, it looks like you pay attention, thus finding these moments others miss.

We have loons, but these days you have to go in the summer, about sixty miles upriver on the Salcha to hear them. I don't know why that is because we have cranes and swans just outside of town or in the bird sanctuary.

Patrica, that would have been a wonderful sight to see. I know people look but don't see and they lose out on what is around them. The road we travel is one of many creatures deer, moose, elk, fox wolf and yes skunks and racoons. In fact last week a racoon crossed in front of us ,I thought it was rather early for them to be out but apparently he didn't. Almost forgot the wild turkeys and there are a lot of them now. I can better understand how they will take a windshield out of a vehicle as I had one fly in front of me....but we didn't kiss

Patrica,
Forgot to add, that would be my dream job but my paycheck wouldn't be coming home with me..

Amy, I'm curious, too.  His nose looks something like a camel!

Sue

Amy, I just looked back and see that the animal in question is a moose.  Nice picture--and how close were you when you took the picture?  The moose I've seen in the wild are not very friendly!

Sue

We don't have wild turkeys here. Nor raccoons or skunks or snakes. We do have porcupines, ermines, badgers, wolverines. Then we have black or red fox, lynx, and wolves. Mainly, in this portion of the stare, we have bears, black, brown and grizzly, wood bison which is slightly larger than the plains buffalo, closer to the earliest bison types; and Dall sheep and mountain goats.

Moose aren't dangerous if you leave them alone or don't get in their personal space. You watch to see if their ears are laid back or if the scruff on their shoulders is standing up. Moose hate dogs and equate them with wolves so will often attack and kill a dog, but they seem to like cats. I have seen a cat ride on the back of a moose who frequently visited her yard.

If a moose is frightened or harassed, it can quickly kick out with its powerful back legs or trample you to death. If you leave them alone and someone else hasn't riled them up, then co-existing at least six feet apart at all times due to personal space is fine. I have seen moose follow people around or watch them go about their people business rubbernecking like any tourist.

Amy, you wouldn't think it was a dream job in January when you had to count and measure the remaining yardage for each bolt of fabric during inventory. All the while dealing with customers and counting thread, seam bindings and everything else.

I just wanted to add that we don't have many smaller pests either such as gypsy moths, fleas, ticks or biting flies.

SCFSue, I think we were about 100 feet from this fellow, I took a lot of photos of him he just stood there looking about. Others stopped to take photos too and that made him go back into the woods.

I feel one should respect the wild animals  and the area they are in and if your in their area, behave, it is their home!

Patrica, nice to have no fleas, ticks or biting flies. Once Spring is here we are inundated with blackflies that have post hole augers for bills and mosquitos too.

One should always show wild animals respect, I shudder when I see grown people doing stupid things around them and then when the beast retaliates it is the one to get shot.!!

Well, I would love to try that, I think it would take me a long time for me to not enjoy the job. I would say you worked in a place with LOTS of eye candy