The Parc's residents must have had a big party the night before we arrived at opening time. There was not a single toll taker at the entrance gate. (Normally there is a large herd of elk collecting carrots from visitors as they enter.) Some animals seemed to be trying to sleep it off....
The cinnamon bears hadn't moved from where the collapsed last night...
The wild boars were still feeling it....
The arctic foxes must have been in the thick of it...
Some of the big boys were still hangin out at the Boars Nest, the party spot?
But eventually the toll takers showed up at the gate and the Parc returned to normal.
This year's new borns are growing up quickly.
A very coy looking young red deer (elk?) .
This fallow deer's eyebrows need a trim!!!!
We came across one elk stag who was losing the velvet covering on his antlers. That process can be quite messy....
The caribou are all in the summer dark coats. One was dealing with an itch and its positioning made it hard to sort out body parts.
Nine of the rocky mountain goats were resting high up in their enclosure.
Blue jays and grackles were having breakfast.
A great blue heron (possible juvenile) was checking out a small stream close to the road.
The ravens were making themselves heard, one posed in a clearing for me.
One raven in the video below squawked quietly, others in background were calling.
(The ravens are not caged, they just happened to be sitting on a branch by the wolf enclosure fencing)
Several wolf cubs were running/relaxing in the black wolves' enclosure. Not sure what the expression on mom's face meant in terms of what she was thinking.
The arctic wolves enclosure has been opened up and you now drive through it with the wolves walking about next to the cars.
Ever notice the shape of the pupils in the eyes of animals? For example this fallow deer's is rectangular. See the video below.
An interesting explanation:
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