posted October 18, 2007 07:37 PM         

Part I

This was sent to me by a friend here in Michigan.

Baby Moose 12 Hours Old - Born in the middle of downtown Naubinway , Michigan

In my 33 years in Michigan's Upper Peninsula , I have never seen a new born baby moose. This one was not even a half a mile from our house. The mother picked a small quiet neighbor and had her baby in the front yard just off of US 2,at 5:30 am. Allen and I were out bike riding when we came upon the pair. The lady across the street from this house told us she saw it being born. We saw them at 5:30 PM. So the little one was 12 hours old. What an awesome place we live in to see such a site. Carla Jo

To be continued:

posted October 19, 2007 09:37 AM         

Late June I was looking for strawberrys behind the house and a deer had just given birth to twins (common here). I see them each evening eating the windfall apples and one is a button buck.

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posted October 19, 2007 11:53 AM         

I'm sure that as soon as the baby's legs were stabalized well enough to walk his mommy got him to safety in the woods. She would probably move the baby at night but even if she walked the baby down the streets in daylight I am sure that even a semi truck would stop for a moose. LOL It's bad enough hitting a deer with the damage they can do to a car and a driver. But hitting a moose would be very dangerous. Even for a driver of a big rig.

Those are small towns in the UP compared to what they are in the area of Michigan that I live in - southeastern Michigan in the metro Detroit area. Most of Michigan outside of the big city areas of the lower peninsula are woods and small towns.

I have never been to Naubinway but imagine it is the same as all the other cities in UP.

This is a map showing where Naubinway, Michigan is in the UP. It's the star on the map on the right. All the green on the map is forests. You can see there is a forest right there on route 2 by Naubinway where the baby was born. Mom didn't have too far to walk the baby to safety. Though I am sure the mommy moose wished the baby's timing had been better.

posted October 19, 2007 11:57 AM         

Is someone going to feed that momma to keep her energy level up?

These are some amazing pictures!
I'm so glad you posted this here

posted October 19, 2007 12:54 PM         

Juniperb, How awesome! Twins!

Friend in Spirit, It's illegal to feed wildlife in my state, so I am sure it is illegal in other states too.

posted October 19, 2007 02:45 PM         

We have abundant wildlife and they can be a costly problem for the farmers.

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