A Garrison moose

December

Michelle Turoczi spotted this moose, presumably a female, along Route 9 in Garrison on Sunday. She lives in Wappingers Falls.

“Today (Sunday December 7, 2008) at 10:30am while traveling southbound on RT 9 in Garrison, NY, much to our surprise we spotted a Moose. It appeared to be a female as it did not have antlers. (*please see attached photo) After a few minutes of running northbound along side a chain link fence it then crossed the road and headed into the woods. I did read online of a sighting of a female moose near the Taconic in the RT 301 area in early November, perhaps this is the same one.”

Read about the Taconic State Parkway moose here.

Moose in general seem to be doing very well in New York, according to this story I found.

“In 1980, you could count on one hand the total moose population in New York. Today there are between 300 and 400 moose in the Adirondacks alone, estimates Ed Reed, a wildlife biologist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Until recently, says Reed, “moose hadn’t been a high priority. But we’re going to need to start paying attention to them. The population is going to grow exponentially in the next few years.”“

This entry was posted on Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 4:47 pm by Mike Risinit.
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2 Responses to “A Garrison moose”

christine dain January 11th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Michelle,

So glad you capture a pic of the moose. I live in Garrison, close to where spotted the moose. She came through our property very quietly. I was the only one to see her and I have no pics of her, Glad you got it.
Michelle March 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Talk about being in the right place at the right time….and having my camera with me.

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