Northern Exposure

We live in Alaska, you know that. People think we see wildlife every day; wolves, bear, fox, etc. We do happen on these animals every once in a while, but not as often as you would think. But this year alone we have seen moose in our yard three times. I might mention that this is the only time in three years we have seen these large hairy four legged animals in our neck of the woods.

Once in December we were all very excited, to the point we were running outside in -20 degrees to take pictures. Jeanette was disgusted and asked us if we had never seen moose before.

Second time my Mom was home alone with Kalin. The dogs were outside and happened to charge after Oscar and Kami a few times. Kalin talked about this for months, still does. "MOM, moose... num nums...." (Mom the moose were eating food!) Gram told her the moose were eating in the yard. Even tonight Jon was shouting, "Sis, MOOSE!" To which she freaked, turned and ran toward me.

Third time Matthew was home alone and couldn't figure out what the dogs were barking at. He called me at work and I told him to grab the camera and take some pictures. He got some great ones! I'm wondering if this same cow and calves keep frequenting our yard....