[NatureNS] white moose in Wentworth?

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:09:03 -0400
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From: David Christie <MarysPt@nbnet.nb.ca>
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At 6:48 PM -0400 2/3/10, Maria Forman wrote:

>OKŠI just received an email from a family member with pics of two white moose, near WentworthŠWhen I scanned thru the pics, there was a bird in one that I had never seen around here before, and I live at the foot of Folly Mountain, which is not far from WentworthŠtherefore, I'm wondering if these moose were really in the Wentworth area.  They're pretty cool looking, I must say!  I


Over the years, I've seen about 20 different photos of white moose being circulated on the Internet. Those photos get sent around a lot and people keep changing the place where they are supposed to have been taken. One week, a given moose is from Bathurst, NB, then from Shelburne, NS, a month later from Newfoundland.

Thus, it's difficult to know where a photo actually originated -- but very likely not Wentworth. I think that the bird Maria mentions is probably a Black-billed Magpie, suggesting that one photo at least was taken in western North America.  I do recall hearing that there is some area of northern Ontario, where albinism in Moose is rather frequent, but I'm not sure how reliable that is either.


David

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