London has it’s wayward whale, and I’ve got a lost moose calf. It’s in my ‘backyard’, sleeping by my camper. About 5 ft. high at the shoulder. I took some pictures, but they’re not really publishable, the camera was set to a reverse image and they look terrible. Now it’s too dark to shoot some more, but the calf is still there.

It’s pretty neat to have such wildlife come up to your door. He’s checked out the garden, the compost pile and the cat, who got scared and ran up a tree. That was funny. I went outside and restocked the bird feeder, the calf just stood up and figuring I was no threat (I’m not) bedded back down.

I’m giving he/she a wide berth, although I did set out a bale of alfalfa. There’s not a lot to eat out there right now and if I can give the calf a boost to get through the winter, I don’t mind. Still, you don’t want to domesticate them, since that would only insure their death by man sooner then normal.

Their natural fear and distrust of mankind serves them well. I suspect mamma tossed the baby out, perhaps because she was going to give birth to another calf. Hard to say. It’s long past hunting season, but you just never know.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll get some new pictures up if I can figure out how to reset this camera.

Now, wasn’t that better then more doom and gloom?