The front gate toll keepers were late for work, but they were making their way to their positions as we arrived. By the time we left at 2:30pm there were only five on duty.
The boars, bison and caribou had new arrivals with them. The young elk are still well back in the woods. A Canada goose was sitting on the nest close to one of the walking trails. Looks like one of the black wolves might have a litter in a den.
The antlers of the smaller ungulates were just begging to grow, while the elk, red deer and caribou antlers were growing quickly. A few still had last year's antlers hanging on.
elk
elk
red deer
red deer
caribou
white tailed deer
fallow deer
fallow deer
The black wolves seemed more active than normal, while the silver foxes were running around their enclosures as they often do. One of the balck bears seemed to have taken a shine to a six foot long stick.
Two killdeer were busily searching for food in the mud flats and nearby pasture. A great blue heron seemed to be checking out the view from the unused osprey nesting platform.
In the Land of the First Nations visitors have been busy making inukshuk-like piles of stones. The lake trout were actively hoping for fish pellet donations from visitors.
The rocky mountain goats seemed to be trying to deal with bothersome insects