Mom's Moose Pond
(17 Mile Pond on Tok Cutoff)
All photos taken 5/3/03 just before dusk
... so they are kind of dark. There were 7 moose at the pond, but
1 crossed the road to lay down in the trees on the other side just as we
got there. It is quite a ways across the pond to where the moose were
- so I zoomed in as close as the camera would let me for some of these pics.
The 2 moose on the right were having a bit of a disagreement about
territory.
How these moose can tolerate standing in the cold water to eat
just amazes me. As you might be able to tell there is still ice in
this pond. There isn't much to their lower legs, but they must have
anti-freeze in them or something!
This moose was 1 of the 2 who had the disagreement earlier ....
and chose to come just a bit closer.
That is a part of the Alaska Range in the background. This photo
was taken without any zoom.
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