Wildlife Week

 

Last week was pretty amazing in that folks from our camp were able to see lots of different forms of wildlife in various places in the area.  For a couple of days, a young moose would emerge from the woods across the bay from our camp and eat his way slowly back to the boat landing on that side of the river.  Usually we don't see moose this close to camp when there are so many people around, but he didn't seem to mind.  Our side of the shore was lined with people looking through binoculars or taking pictures of the impressive animal. 

A father and son who were camping here took a walk up the 325 road heading south and came face to face  with the moose as he was attempting to cross the road.   That's what you call a close encounter.  This same moose was seen swimming from the boat landing on the other side to a point in front of the camp. 

One day I was outside talking to some campers when I noticed movement on the far shore.  I looked up and was thrilled to see a mama moose trotting along the edge of the river followed by a wee little calf.  I've never seen such a small moose.  It was a brief viewing because they soon headed into the woods.   Wish I could have captured that on a movie camera.

Some guys headed to Heathwalt were driving along and came across two lynx who were slowly trotting down the road.  The lynx didn't seem too afraid and the guys were able to get some pretty close shots of the pointed ear cats.  Perhaps this is what some other folks saw in the same area when they told Joanna they had seen a mountain lion.  At least I hope so.

Lastly, a guest who was headed back to Ignace for some supplies caught a bear on camera not far from camp.  Ontario has reinstated the spring bear hunt because there were getting to be a lot of nuisance bears in Ignace and other communities with some bears actually attacking people.  So we haven't seen as many bear around this year.  However, a mama bear and three cubs were spotted north of the Pigeon River border walking across the road.  They weren't able to get a picture taken, but said it was fun to see.