The first sighting was a male fox.
Male foxes are also known as dogs, tods or reynards.
He had a beautiful coat of fur and overall, looked really healthy.
Then a little further along the road in a new wetland area, thanks to some beavers, I spotted a grand female moose standing very still in the trees.
Moose have bad eyesight but their acute hearing and sense of smell makes up for that shortcoming. Therefore we were careful not to make any noise when we opened the car window to get the photos least we scare it away.
It is odd how the moose in Algonquin Park will tolerate many onlookers and cars parking by the roadside to get photos of them but our local moose take off at the slightest noise.
Perhaps the Park moose are from Central Casting. Mere props to encourage tourists.
Our local moose are the real deal. They're just plain old scardy cats.
This photo of a bull moose was taken in Algonquin Park May 30th, 2013.
Heck, even their moose can read where to cross on the road for Pete's sake.
Your foxes look so lush and healthy, ours are straggly awful things. I hate them, they kill my lambs and chooks. I could spare the odd one but they bite all their heads off.
ReplyDeleteThat moose is huge, magnificent.
I do hope we get to Canada, one day.
Love your pics! I am thinking that tourists may have tossed out some food like bread and such to the moose in the park. The bears in the Adirondack Park are quite used to tourists due to this problem, then folks are horrified when they actually get attacked or their campsites are raided by bears who are accustomed to humans. Sadly the bear pay the price by having to be hunted down and killed if they become a threat or "nuisance" to humans. Not much moose action around here yet. We'll see some when the younger bulls start to really range out on their own.
ReplyDeleteWe also have lots of lovely healthy fox as well as well fed coyotes, coydogs, and wild cats. Nicole,almost all the sheep and alpaca farms up here have maremma dogs that are raised up outside with the animals and are fabulous at keeping their flocks safe. They also bark alarms so we have "Right to Farm" laws out here to protect farms from the complaints of folks who move in and don't like barking or manure smells or rooster crows, whatever. We may take a trip up to Canada, the dollar situation makes it a good year to buy tractors and farm equipment for resale here and of course the straight drive up the Northway through the Adirondacks and into Canada (RT 87) is lovely. Have to get our passports renewed. It used to be much easier pre-9/11.
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I love to see foxes...we don't see many. I may see one or two one year, and then go years without seeing any. Though Sarah has had one in her yard a time or two.
ReplyDeleteLove the moose/moose crossing sign one.
Your moose sounds like the Great Blue Herons here. Some places, people don't bother them too terrible bad, but the ones out at the strip pit are impossible to get near.