Two different family units cohabitate within the same marsh area … one harnessing their architectural skills while the other searches for food.
Carol Polich’s nature photography has taken her to the African and Asian continents and throughout the West where she has captured not only the “big” things in nature, but the “little” things as well. Her photographs have won a National Geographic Traveler Photo contest and appeared in numerous magazines. Her first book, Portrait of Paradise, published in 2007 by Farcountry Press, covers the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
wanting to be left behind. Moving in bushes and wading in water together, the mother-calf bond can be seen as they nose- nuzzle during this formative first year, while the mother teachers her youngster the ways of the wild. If you should see one or more am- bling casually or feeding on bushes, be sure to keep a distance of at least 25 yards (50 yards is even better) away. Make sure you don’t cut off the moose’s path or else you might find yourself chased up a tree!
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