Apparently this is the moose calf. My sib is an even worse nature photographer than I am, sadly. What a weird looking creature tho. I love it.

@exlibrarykris She was beside herself.

Crummy iPhone Photo of the Day: my sib Tidy just went snowshoeing in Utah and, I am happy to report, realized her lifelong dream of seeing a wild moose in person. She says there was also a calf (not pictured). She further described moose scat as “like whitetail deer shit, but the size of malt balls.” Some of us more eccentric Texans, familiar with local deer shit as a pile of black beans, get pretty worked up about giant non-bovine wild ruminants. #moose

@dasparky My late golden retriever required no fewer than 3 vet visits to remove quills from inside his mouth. He just wouldn’t learn.

In case you’ve never seen a porcupine face up close, I got you covered. This guy was in a tree down by our river (yep, they’re arboreal) and was extremely miffed at my presence, so I snapped a few and left it alone.