The long hunt for a moose
photo in the wild is over — sort of — thanks to Jack at
www.anchorage.net/visit-anchorage, who
pointed us to Kincaid Park in Anchorage.
The 1,500 acre park in
western Anchorage backs up to the Knik and Tunagarin arms of the Cook Inlet on
two sides and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
It’s not exactly the
wilderness or the wide open spaces, but moose travel through the park on a
regular basis and some actually reside there.
The park has trails for hiking
in the summer and skiing in the winter.
Originally
it was used as a missile storing site during the height of the Cold War in 1950s.
Eventually, Anchorage got the land around 1980 and created the park. Still,
visitors can see the concrete missile silos that are now used for storage of
more mundane items.
Over the years, we’ve seen
moose in the distance and have captured a few shots of cows, a bull moose has
been elusive.
We’ve been traveling to
Alaska for more than decade, spending more than a few hours on the Stikine
River and in the waters southeast of Wrangell.
Despite all that time, a bull
moose sighting was not in the cards.
Kincaid Park was an answer.
Early on a drizzly morning we had just entered the heart of the park when a
moose of the male variety strolled across the road to find a better spot to
munch on the foliage.
He nibbled, I shot and voila!
Bull moose checked off the animal photos bucket list.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t
be keeping an eye out for one of his really big cousins.
