Jul 29, 2020
It's all fun and games until someone's no longer amoosed. This young bull moose at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming was happily browsing on narrow-leaved cottonwoods when a black-billed magpie landed on him. The magpie was probably looking for ticks and mayyybe trying to steal some of his hair to line a nest. That's all. Moose are known to tolerate a magpie most days, as they seem to know having ticks removed is a benefit to them, but nope, not having it today. Photo by Tom Koerner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
