03.12.08
albino moose in Boscawen New Hampshire???
UPDATE (after posting the entry below):
Two things lead me to believe these albino moose pix were NOT taken in New Hampshirel… Jana commented (see Comments below) she noticed a magpie in the fourth picture, placing the pictures in British Columbia (area) because she says magpies are not NH birds. I researched magpies and that appears to be true, their range is the Northwest and western Canada.
Also I checked on snopes.com, and they report about “white-haired” moose reported in Canada, Alaska and Idaho. (So I was right in that this one is not a true albino.)
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Pictures reportedly taken in Boscawen, NH, circulated by email…
Now let’s speculate… are the other two meese her youngsters? They are certainly a whole lot smaller. And I hope they have learned to steer clear of barbed wire fencing…
Is she a true albino? Her eyes don’t look red or pink…
They are eating like my horses… maybe our equines are part moose instead of beaver!
Once on a trail ride, me on Willy mare and a young friend on Odie, we encountered a moose statue up a cleared gas line right of way. A moose statue is one who stands so still you start to wonder if she’s a statue! She stared at the horses, and they stared back, and she didn’t even flick an ear for 3 or 4 minutes!
Meanwhile, to either side of her at the treeline were her two calves, chomping away. We did not dare approach her. The horses didn’t know if she was real, but they paid attention to the babies. Finally she moved her head, and we turned our horses and walked away slowly in the other direction!!
We have encountered meese in our area, one summer we were blueberry picking on a mountaintop and so was the moose. And once Hubby and I were spring hiking in the Belknaps when we started hearing a bleating noise, sounded like a goat. On getting closer, we observed an almost-newborn moose calf teetering in the woods, with momma nowhere to be seen. We watched and listened to baby crying for a short while, then quietly left the scene so momma could return! Nature is so wonderful!
THANKS to HorseGal for sharing these pictures with us, as passed around in emails!!!
Jana Mallory said,
March 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I live near Boscawen, NH and it would be wicked cool to have such an event here…but this was not shot in NH… If you look at the second photograph, you will see a picture of a magpie…definitely British Columbia bird…
Jana Mallory said,
March 24, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Let me correct that it was the fourth picture not the second