2019 Spring Residency

In addition to the regular herd of elk, countless deer, turkey, mountain lions, black bear, etc, we generally have a new temporary resident every Spring. They come down low in early spring and stay until it starts warming up and it's time to move back up into the mountains. 

This year we've been seeing and adult and a younger moose, both female, on a regular basis. Of course we rarely are carrying a camera on our hikes with the dogs, but they did visit a few times while we were around the boondocking spot.

Here's the little girl getting a little too close to the orchard.

They can also wreak havoc on a pond pond liner before you can shoo them away.

When we've run into them on our hikes, they are about as curious about us as we are about them. They will stand and stare at us and the dogs for a while before sauntering of leisurely into the woods. After getting into the pond every night for weeks, they seem to have moved on. We haven't had any sightings in about a week. Just lots of big prints and scat.

Although it's been a cool start to the Spring, we haven't had any rain in over a month. We're getting a few valuable days of it now. Hopefully it won't be the last rain until Fall.