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photographing moose in the "Anchorage Hillside" area?
A friend from Europe was told there are excellent opportunities for
photographing moose in late August - early Sept in the 'Anchorage Hillside' area. This looks like a neighborhood in Anchorage not too far from the airport to me (from the Google info) so I'm a bit skeptical and he asked me to check around. So, anyone familiar with the photo ops in this area, especially for habituated bull moose? Sounds a bit hokey to me but then I was in Homer photographing hand-fed eagles last week so who am I to judge? Bill |
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photographing moose in the "Anchorage Hillside" area?
Bill Hilton wrote:
A friend from Europe was told there are excellent opportunities for photographing moose in late August - early Sept in the 'Anchorage Hillside' area. This looks like a neighborhood in Anchorage not too far from the airport to me (from the Google info) so I'm a bit skeptical and he asked me to check around. So, anyone familiar with the photo ops in this area, especially for habituated bull moose? Sounds a bit hokey to me but then I was in Homer photographing hand-fed eagles last week so who am I to judge? No, it's NOT "hokey!!" Moose ramble at will through parts of Anchorage frequently. I'll send you a pic. or two. via private mail of moose IN Anchorage sent to me by my uncle who lives there. Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)." |
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photographing moose in the "Anchorage Hillside" area?
"Fred A. Miller" wrote in message ... Bill Hilton wrote: No, it's NOT "hokey!!" Moose ramble at will through parts of Anchorage frequently. I'll send you a pic. or two. via private mail of moose IN Anchorage sent to me by my uncle who lives there. I live in Anchorage. Moose are all over the city - but they tend to be solitary animals. You will usually see just one. But, within my limited knowledge (I've only been here a year so far), they do not seem to be territorial. That said, they are definitely around! I come from England. I was amazed at the way these very large animals just wander around - no barriers, no inhibitions about people, traffic or other animals, no road sense whatsoever! Right into the city center. Just don't get too close - they are able to fight off wolves and bears. I work in an area referred to as "Midtown." It is a fairly frequent occurrence for a moose warning to be posted on the building internet - something on the lines of, "There is a bull moose in the south parking lot," or "There is a cow moose and calf on the west side of the building." (Cow moose with calf means be very cautious - the cows are very protective.) In the summer I suspect there will be a better chance of seeing a moose in one of the city parks (of which there are many). However, a large park on the south side of the city is usually a certain place to find them - Kincaid Park. As to the Hillside - a good place to look. But watch out for bears! Telman |
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photographing moose in the "Anchorage Hillside" area?
Let me pose this question again ... I know Anchorage has moose inside the city
limits (I saw several last week when I was passing thru on the way to Homer) but ... how good are the photo ops compared to Denali? Reason I'm asking is that a group of us (including Roger Clark and me) will be in Denali late August and the first couple days of Sept, then are drifting to Homer to fly into Katmai for a custom camping trip for brown bears (which still has two openings by the way, if interested check out http://members.aol.com/bhilton665/katmai_bears.htm ). One of the guys is from Sweden and has this odd Scandanavian obsession with moose (give me bears or caribou or sheep any day!) and wants to go to the "best spot" for a big bull. He has Sept 4 and 5 open (will be in Denali until the 3rd at a workshop and will go to Homer the 6th with the rest of us). Anyway I suggested he either ride the shuttle bus to Teklanika (inside Denali) and wander upstream to find moose or look for them in the wooded areas on the first 14 miles of paved road in Denali, where I've seen them often. Someone from Alaska wrote the following to him, saying the "Anchorage Hillside" area is the best spot in North America (which sounds like a strrrretch to moi). Here's the entire quote ... quote As for moose......in my opinion, the Anchorage Hillside offers the best opportunity for big moose photography in North America. It is also the most "dependable". Teklanika usually had moose, but not always and they are not as habituated to people as the moose on the Hillside. You will get closer to more big moose in Anchorage./quote So, anyone with actual experience photographing them in the ANC city limits or this specific area care to comment? If so, where exactly do you go since the only internet references to this area are for a bed-and-breakfast Personally I'd rather take my chances in the wilderness but my friend just wants to get close up shots of a willing bull so I was gathering info for him. Bill |
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