The temperature was unusually warm so a good number of people, including us, headed to Parc Omega at the end of the month.
It took a bit longer to get into the Parc with the toll keepers extracting higher than normal tolls...
The Parc staff were busy filling the many feeding troughs. (Yes the residents eat more than just carrots...). The  troughs are out by the road which keeps the animals well in view for the visitors.
At one feeding station where there was only hay available, two young elk were squaring off.
The fallow deer stood back waiting their turn.
Discarded Christmas trees were put on gates as treats for the moose. The white-tailed deer found sprigs of evergreen emerging from the snow.
The wild turkeys seemed to have flocked to one area and some were up in the trees.
The black wolves and arctic foxes were just relaxing, hanging out. While the silver foxes were out getting some exercise. 
The arctic wolves were strolling their enclosure. The second picture shows their long "toed" paws. One of the females was showing a wound on her side - just back from a visit to the vet.  The last one was soaking up the "warmth" off to the side.
(See video below which includes a short scene of subservient wolf behaviour.)
One or two of the arctic wolves have eyesight issues. Compare the wolf on the left to the one on the right.
The bison at one point had blocked the road, so a Parc attendant came by with an ATV fill of food and they slowly made their way off the road.
The rocky mountain goats, 11 of them,  seemed to be enjoying a day on their mountain.
After a while the one at bottom right, decided to stretch its legs.
While all above was going on, a group of elk at the end of the driving loop were still waiting for their breakfast. We stopped to take a few pictures, expecting them to show an interest in us as to whether we had carrots or not, but they were all staring back down the road. Then we noticed, the keeper with the food was approaching....
Back to Top