Moose (Alces alces) Eating Rose Hips (Rosa aciculariso or R. nutkana)

Observation: This young bull moose ate all the rose hips in our backyard...it was a bumper year for rose hips, but usually I only see birds eating them.

LEO says: "Understanding Moose Food – During the summertime moose have an abundant supply of food. They eat the new green growth of herbs such as fireweed and the leaves of shrubs like willow and aspen as well as aquatic vegetation. During the late fall and winter moose shift their diet from lush green vegetation to woody plants, which contain fewer nutrients." ADF&G's Interior Moose News! (Summer/Fall 2011)