Minnows Guide #6: When do moose calve?
In mid-May, all the gravid cow moose that have been hanging around town will disappear into the woods and we won’t see them for about a month, when they will reappear accompanied by their calves. The cows calve around the same time every year, in effect flooding the area with their calves, who are most vulnerable when they are young and small. At birth, they weigh between 28 and 35 pounds. The incidence of twins is not well defined–as many as 75 % of births may produce twins, but as the summer progresses, we usually see fewer and fewer twin calves wandering around with their mothers. As the cows recover, and the calves get bigger, they are better able to protect themselves from predators: dogs, bears, wolves. You can tell the young calves because they are a dark red color compared with the adult moose, who are a dark brown-dark gray color. Moose are browsers, feasting on tree buds, especially willows, but in the summer, they’ll eat water weeds and sedges and any greens they can find,
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