Come One, Come All...The Moose Are Out in Greenville!

Our last fewMoose watching tours have been packed with visitors from all over the East Coast and even Holland!  The Maine moose didn't disappoint- they were out on the pond and grazing by the roads, everywhere!  I'm sure they were just as excited to meet our visitors as we were.  While we were paddling out for a nice easy stroll on the pond in the beautiful sunshine, we got to see beavers, loons, turkeys and hare.  One of the moose we saw was an old friend we've been getting used to- a BIG bull moose!  On the other side of the spectrum, we also saw a little yearling bull.  Soon enough, this little fellow will be just as big as the Mega-Moose, he just has to keep eating his veggies!


On both of our past two tours, our Registered Maine Guides have both come back talking about the beautiful weather we've been having here in Greenville Maine.  We always knew we had a beautiful area, full of wildlife and a real escape from reality out in nature, but the sunshine really highlights our best qualities.  Summer in Maine is an experience that can only be topped by a Moose watching tour with Northeast Guide Service!  So if you are looking for things to do around Moosehead Lake, come on a Moose Safari and see for yourself!

Celebrate the 4th of July with some Maine Moose!

While animal specialists may tell you that Maine moose and wildlife are "spooked" by the fireworks that we all love for Independence Day, but they would be wrong!  Our 4th of July Moose Tour got to see four moose altogether, three cooling off in a nearby stream with a bald eagle friend, and one right on the road.  Our other recent moose safaris have had similar luck; We had a private Moose Safari for a family of eleven join us on July 3rd and also got to see four moose, including a little baby calf!  It was a lot of fun going out with such a nice big family, and the kids had a blast!  We also had a couple from Singapore join us- they had been looking all week for a moose along the roads, doing some safari-ing of their own and trying to find the best place to see a moose.  With no luck, they decided to join one of our evening canoe tours and low and behold, they finally saw a moose!  That same day, one of our early morning tours had a very close encounter with a confused yearling looking for mom.  Seeing a yearling is special because they are often the most nervous of all moose...after a year of having the comfort of Mom at all times, yearlings are fresh out on their own learning to fend for themselves.  Of the five other moose we saw that day, one was a mother and her calf, possibly relatives of the scared little yearling we had seen earlier!  Overall, it has been a wonderful holiday with beautiful weather and of course, many sightings of the majestic Maine moose!

It's Raining, It's Pouring...But the Moose Aren't Snoring!

Even with all of this rain, our Maine Moose friends are still out and about waiting for our daily moose watching tours to stop in and see what's happening.  In fact, on Saturday, we saw the most moose out of any other day of the week, and it was starting to thunderstorm out!  In other words, there's no need to  fear the thunder, our Registered Maine Guides have you in good hands, and the moose themselves don't seem to mind- dinner time is dinner time no matter what the sky looks like!  Lucky for our tour guests, as soon as the rain started to clear later in the evening, there was a fantastic rainbow overhead to cap off a great moose watching expedition.  The next day, it was the same story...after a day full of rain the sun finally poked its head out and we got to observe another rainbow, not to mention the bear and baby moose!
On the first day of July, one of our Private Moose Safaris was lucky enough to see some moose in a stream which is always an interesting sight.  They also saw some deer and even a spotted turtle!  Our group tour of the day didn't have as much luck seeing swimming moose, but they made up for it with sightings of beavers, a mother turkey and her babies, a partridge, loons, eagles, and hare!  If you're having troubling thinking of things to do in Greenville, no worries- our Greenville wildlife is out for July!

FUN for Families This Summer

Looking for something fun to do with your family this summer?  Why not try a moose tour!  The past few tours we've had have been just that- lots of kids eager to see some Maine Moose and other Northern Maine wildlife.  For a few days it seemed as though the moose were hiding from the rain and chilly weather, but as soon as we had a group of visiting Boy Scouts from Connecticut on a Private Moose Safari, six big Maine moose came out to play.  We were able to see a variety of other wildlife, including a bear and some playful loons, even some baby turkeys!  The weather wasn't the most cooperative, but all of our guests were troopers and stuck it out in the rain to see the moose- who were surprisingly not bothered by the weather.  As it turns out, the moose don't mind the rain so we get to see them no matter what the weather man is saying!  

It was a delight to have our Boy Scouts along with us to learn a thing or two from our Registered Maine guides, but you don't have to be a Boy Scout to have a great learning experience out in the wild- our guides provide all the info and are glad to answer any questions you may have as you continue your moose watching tour!

There Are Big Bull Moose Among Us!

Our Maine moose watching tours are starting to fill up, and the big bull moose we have been seeing are leaving all guests satisfied!  So far this week, a few of our tours have been able to see what we think might be the same huge bull moose, once on a Private Moose Safari, and once on a group canoe tour.  These lucky moose watchers got more than they bargained for when they signed up for a moose watching tour- not only the chance to observe the natural beauty of the great outdoors here in Northern Maine, but also to see a plethora of other wildlife in addition to the great Maine Moose.  Despite the humid and sometimes wet weather, our past few tours have had some real luck in seeing deer, the lovebird loons, hare, fox, and eagles.  One group was fortunate enough to get so close to a beaver that it swam under all three boats and surfaced at the other side.  The wildlife atmosphere at our secret moose ponds are so friendly and often posing for photographs, we swear they are all aspiring models!

Schools out..

But the learning doesn't have to stop!   In just the past few days, we have had kids of all ages join us on a moose safari, some as young as 18 months!   A moose tour is a great way to stir the imagination in some really interesting subjects like biology, environmental science, and even Maine history. Our registered Maine guides make great teachers, and there is always something new to absorb when you're out in the field.

The flash of a whitetail hurtling through a thicket, or the echo of a loon sounding across a pristine northern lake, is the kind of experience that puts a twinkle in a child's eye and stays with them for the rest of their life.  The next Thoreau, Muir or Carson is out there somewhere, just waiting to be inspired!

Bear With Us, These Moose Safari's are Otter-ly Amazing!

If you still haven't been out on a Maine moose watching tour, you otter do it soon- we promise you'll be beary impressed by all the wildlife!  That's right, a recent Private Moose Safari got to see a big Maine Black Bear in the distant woods as well as a friendly otter right next to the canoe!  It was a great tour to welcome back our Indiana friends on their second tour of the week.  As thrilling as it is to see different animals around the pond, our favorite of course is the Maine moose, and they aren't shy!  In the words of one of our registered Maine guides, one group was surrounded by moose on all sides!  Every direction they looked, another moose popped out!  It seems as though we aren't the only ones enjoying the beautiful sunny weather.