Not sure what was going on last evening but the exterior of our home was swarming with bees. They were all over our hummingbird feeder, in the window sills, around the doors, etc. There were so many bees that they kept flying into our windows. That is how I first noticed that they were bees because I was seeing “bigger than fly's” all around the windows so when I got closer, I could see all the bees and I could hear them flying into the windows. This was really weird. My husband thinks the queen bee had to be near by for them to all just appear in the same area. Whatever the situation or cause for them to congregate around our home, I’m glad they left when it started to get dark. I tried to get outside to get some pictures but the bees were swarming the doors and I didn’t dare go out. That’s pretty good when I’m afraid of tiny bees but not a huge moose standing in our yard. But then again, moose don’t sting. I was, however, able to take a few pictures from inside our home while they were on our hummingbird feeder but this was just a drop in the bucket to how many there actually were. I hope this was a one-time-shot for them visiting our place.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
3 Bull Moose On Back Yard – Continued
Last evening, the bull moose returned. What awesomeness to be that close to something so majestic! Our presence does not bother them even the tiniest bit. We stand on the porch, talk, open and shut door, and yet they act like we are not even there. But mind you, we never let down our guard.
There were three Moose, but one decided he needed to leave the party a bit early.
In the following pictures, you can hardly tell their antlers from the tree limbs.
After some time, we decided they needed to stay off the yard before they totally ruined everything. The snapping of branches from the apple tree was a bit much. In our efforts to get them to leave the yard, we knocked on the windows….didn’t work. We moved our arms and talked to them….didn’t work. As a last resort, my husband thought about our big, loud cowbell. I stood on the porch and was banging the cowbell very loudly. One moseyed off but the other one just ignored us. Finally, after some time, he slowly walked away from us. He was really scared, for sure. We did learn one thing through this process, a moose can easily move you, but you definitely can not move a moose…..until they are ready to be moved.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
3 Bull Moose On Back Yard
I was sound asleep this morning around 6:30 when my husband came in and woke me up to informed me that we had three bull moose out the back door. I weighed the odds……moose, sleep, moose, sleep, for……….lets say 1/2 a second before scrambling out of bed to get my camera. Was it worth it – YES! Look at the photos and footage I took. I totally braved it and stood right out on the porch (with the door open, of course). I called my friends husband, also a lover of photography and he came down to get some photos. He was much braver than I was though……he went down the steps and off to the side to get photos (no protection). CrAzY!
In this photo, this big guy was standing 24 feet (8 yards) from where I was standing on the porch and he was looking right at me. Wowzers!
While we had moose in front of us, we had some small deer bucks to the right of us watching what was going on. There were more but I was only able to get one in the picture (blurry…sorry) and video.
Although not visible, there were actually three moose on the yard. One was eating off the apple tree on the other side of the fence. Somewhere after 7:30 am, one moose moved out to the corrals and then joined the others that had moved out to the hay field. When we drove out to the hay field, we could see a cow moose in the mix.
This next video is a little jumpy in spots because I was trying to get out from behind the open truck door and keep filming.
Vehicle Crash By Our Home
I was standing at the kitchen sink yesterday when I looked out the dining room window and saw brake lights on cars and that they were moving very slowly down the road. My first thought was…….I hope nobody hit a deer or a moose. As I went to my living room window to see if I could see if anyone needed help, there was a group of bikers, an ambulance and a fire truck near our driveway. You can barely see it, but the ambulance is behind the fire truck. I had a sick feeling in my stomach because if a biker hit a deer or moose it could have serious consequences. Not long after taking a few photos, the bikers all got on their bikes and headed out.
What in the world was going on……….after the bikers left, a guy came, stopped along the side of the road, got out of his vehicle and was directing traffic with a stop/slow sign. I decided to go out of the house and ask him if he knew what was going on. He informed me that a person had gone off the other side of the road a short distance before our home and ended up on our side of the road just past our driveway. I don’t know any details of how this person is doing or anything beyond that but here is how it looked after the ambulance had left.
Upon getting closer, I could see that the person had wiped out portions of our fence and the policeman took down information so the insurance company could pay for fence replacement.
This person was lucky that they had missed the electric pole or that could have brought on an entirely new set of problems.
I sure hope that everything is OK with whomever this person is.