Parc Omega March 8, 2022

Our usual friends were out to greet us at the gate, and on the roads, asking for carrots.

We noticed that since the last visit, more of the elk had partially broken antlers, or had lost a full antler. They looked somewhat lopsided. It is the time of year when they lose their antlers.

A good number of the elk were relaxing and chewing their cud. They must have had a full breakfast of hay and were not looking for carrots.

Most of the fallow deer were just watching the cars go by, one seemed destructive. Bored maybe?.

Taco, one of the resident moose, seemed to be enjoying a sleep-in.

A few of the caribou were hoping visitors might toss carrots over the fence for them. The one without the antlers lost them as he and another were roughhousing last fall. Both had their antlers removed as they were injuring each other.

There was rivalry in the black wolves enclosure, but the timber wolves were much calmer.

A number of years ago visitors were told not to feed the bison as it was creating problems. (Bison head stuck in a car window anyone?) It seems a few visitors still do feed them as some of the younger bison are not above checking cars for carrots - or a look in the mirror to see if their nose was OK😊.

The coyotes, on the hill, were overlooking their domain.

Lots of boars were around, many were last year's newborns. They were all busy acting like the wild pigs that they are. One of the Parc staff had come by on an ATV dropping feed along the road side.

The silver foxes and rocky mountain goats share the same enclosure but ignore each other.

Last year the bears were out of their dens in mid-March and very active, but there was no sign of them this day. Although there were tracks that might indicate they have been out recently for a brief period.

A few of the turkeys were at a feeding station, but most were back in the woods making it difficult to see them, let alone photograph them. A few were out in the open and one managed a wing flap for me as it jumped down a slight bump.