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(or at least next door to one: the other side of our back fence line IS the forest)
I was sitting at my desk working on my computer this evening when some unusual movement outside the front window caught my eye. I looked up and it was an elk in my front yard. And then it was two. And then three. Possibly four, I'm not sure. Unfortunately it was well in to dusk so photography was out of the question. One was a very young (whatever immature elk are called) and among other things, they were nibbling at my weeds and grass, and I saw what I presume was the mother actually lift a foreleg and cuff the young'un! I guess it was going to eat something that was not strictly kosher for elk.
Although my coolest animal encounter is definitely when I opened my front door to let the dog out and there were three raccoons on my door step. They actually stayed in place long enough for me to grab my camera and get a few shots, but they weren't very good.
I was sitting at my desk working on my computer this evening when some unusual movement outside the front window caught my eye. I looked up and it was an elk in my front yard. And then it was two. And then three. Possibly four, I'm not sure. Unfortunately it was well in to dusk so photography was out of the question. One was a very young (whatever immature elk are called) and among other things, they were nibbling at my weeds and grass, and I saw what I presume was the mother actually lift a foreleg and cuff the young'un! I guess it was going to eat something that was not strictly kosher for elk.
Although my coolest animal encounter is definitely when I opened my front door to let the dog out and there were three raccoons on my door step. They actually stayed in place long enough for me to grab my camera and get a few shots, but they weren't very good.
