Maine Musing! » Moose http://moosetique.com From Maine to North Carolina & beyond! Mon, 07 May 2012 02:15:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 “Moose Mainea 2010″ in Greenville, Maine… http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 02:49:53 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1399 One of my favorite places to visit is the Moosehead Lake area. Why is this area among my favorite places to visit? Well, it is a place where you are almost guaranteed to be able to see my favorite animal, the moose!!  My daughter-in-law would disagree with this because we have never been able to . . . → Read More: “Moose Mainea 2010″ in Greenville, Maine…]]> http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/feed/ 0 Nature…not always pretty http://moosetique.com/nature-not-always-pretty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nature-not-always-pretty http://moosetique.com/nature-not-always-pretty/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 15:34:11 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=956 On a recent trip to camp, we found the bones of a moose about fifty yards off the road.  We will never know how it came to die but due to the proximity to the road, we can probably assume that it was hit by a vehicle. Logging trucks travel this road frequently and at . . . → Read More: Nature…not always pretty]]> http://moosetique.com/nature-not-always-pretty/feed/ 1 Just have to share this cute moose video… http://moosetique.com/moose-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moose-video http://moosetique.com/moose-video/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:24:18 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=73 A friend just sent me the link to this youtube video and I would like to share it with all of you. Wish it was in my backyard.

]]> http://moosetique.com/moose-video/feed/ 2 Traveling home from camp on Sunday afternoon… http://moosetique.com/camp-road/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camp-road http://moosetique.com/camp-road/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:37:32 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=60 We left camp on Sunday late in the afternoon.  This is usually a great time to spot some wildlife and we were not disappointed.

A baby osprey and its mom were in the nest at the swampy area in Coombs Brook. We have had the camp for ten years and the ospreys have nested here . . . → Read More: Traveling home from camp on Sunday afternoon…]]> http://moosetique.com/camp-road/feed/ 1 Have you every wondered what sound a moose makes??… http://moosetique.com/moose-sound/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moose-sound http://moosetique.com/moose-sound/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:40:43 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=31 Updated 2/14/2010 For most of the year, the moose just sort of grunts and is pretty quiet. When mating season comes around (September – October), they have a very eerie call. This is especially true if you are sleeping in a tent and hear this sound in the dead of the night.

While camping a . . . → Read More: Have you every wondered what sound a moose makes??…]]> http://moosetique.com/moose-sound/feed/ 5 Bull Moose – hiding?? http://moosetique.com/bull-moose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bull-moose http://moosetique.com/bull-moose/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:11:56 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=9 Instead of trying to outrun predators, moose make themselves scarce — at least as scarce as a seven-foot-tall, 800 to 1200 pound animal can make itself.

We came upon this guy “hiding” while we were on our way to our camp one summer day.

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