Christmas is coming. I give the Keepers off for Christmas and I work, which means I am in for a bit of grief from them. They will tease me incessantly about my “keeping skills” as well as all the things that have gone wrong for me during past Christmas’. Actually, I am due for a doozy, as the past two years have not been so bad (2007 was the worst!) Click on the links below to read about past Christmas’Read more
Posts tagged: #museum
QuikPost: Snow Day
We were too busy today dealing with the ice, snow, sleet, and rain to take photos. Jim, our Landscape Director, got this pretty shot of the bear waterfall. It reminds me of some photos that ranger Greg took last year when it was COLD- take a look!Read more
Trees for the bear yard
This past Monday was the day to relocate some large trees to plant in the bear yard. Three large trees were removed from the parking lot and transplanted into the bear yard. We’re obviously hoping that all three trees will make it, but if we get two to take that will be wonderful! The trees are really big. Jim, our Director of Landscape Environments, is standing at the front of the truck to give some perspective. This truck is prettyRead more
QuikPost: Just beaming with development
OK, so the title is cheesy… but I think it speaks for itself. Here are some pictures of the beams that have gotten put up for the extension on the building. Part of the new building will be the Animal Department support hall, while the other part will be an extension of the exhibits shop.Read more
Photos of Red Wolf 1287
She’s only been on grounds a few hours, but I got to see what our new wolf looks like this dusky morning. Still some fairly crappy photos for you as she seemed nervous and didn’t stand still. She is acting more like I would expect her to this morning (nervous, skittish, some peeing while she moved away from me). She did bed down in the hay, she did eat a bunch of her food (she’s on a special diet…). Subjectively,Read more
Red Wolf 1287 is here!
It’s been a long day, (although I guess it technically is tomorrow) with multiple issues, but our new red wolf female, 1287, is finally here. We learned in the Summer Red Wolf SSP Master Plan meeting that we would be getting a new female wolf to pair with our male. She was originally due to fly in (on Delta) around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. However, without going into details, she arrived to RDU airport around 11 PM Tuesday night. As usual, I don’t haveRead more