After an early morning drive-by bull moose bonus sighting, I started out the day in earnest looking for the kingfisher that I've seen in the marsh recently. No sign of her at all, unfortunately. After some waiting around, I decided to wander up the moose trail to see what I might find. Within a few minutes I bumped into lots of other birds and also a 2 or 3 year old female moose.

Her first instinct was to run away, but after maybe 50-60 feet she stopped in her tracks. Moose can be easily spooked, but they can also calm down in an instant. It was a quiet morning, with hardly any wind or noise other than the river and birds. The moose could see me clearly and I did my usual routine of trying to show them that I can be trusted. She responded really well, and turned around and began eating while coming my general direction. When she got to within ~30 feet she started grazing a bunch and I walked away diagonally to create space and get a better shot of her. She wandered off before too long, just grazing away on the all-you-can-eat buffet of willows. Fun encounter!