In the wild: Animals edition
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@sabergirl the Merlin bird ID app is the only reason I really know. Red tails are biggest with rusty orange tail feathers. Red shouldered have same(ish) coloring on the sides of their breasts (shoulders) and coopers are smallest of the three, with tails that have dark and light markings.
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@mclaincausey wow what a magical creature just chillin there
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@Bridger Gilpin County Colorado, near Black Hawk
@Oaktavia exactly. Majestic and totally unimpressed with us in our big ass pickup.
It’s elk season up there, but didn’t see elk or elk sign. Moose tags, especially for bulls, are quite rare so he had little to fear even in that cougar country with his size.
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@Bridger Tags are allocated to hunters to give them rights to harvest animals in certain regions during certain seasons. This was in a big game hunting region. You only get one bull moose tag in Colorado for your whole life.
so, the likelihood of a hunter going after this guy is very slim. Cougars are the only predator who could threaten a moose, aside from a pack of wolves, but the latter are only recently reintroduced here and to my knowledge aren't in this region at all. With this guy's size, he won't be the first choice for cougars.
We did see a fresh deer carcass on this outing that had been killed by a cougar.
Think it, be it.
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@mclaincausey …it was an innuendo joke…
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Apologies @mclaincausey for my shit attempt at humour.
Thanks for the explanation though. Really interesting to hear about humans' relationship with big animals in this day and age.
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Looks like goose is on tonight’s dinner menu for Mr. Wiley:
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@Bridger that’s on me. Way too much booze last night, super slow this morning
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It happens to the best of us @mclaincausey!
Sounds like you had a good evening
