G., the family photographer, was quite pleased with the varied photo opportunities even though the crowd was crazy big at the powwow, and the park in general.
After the Grand Entry (no photographs are permitted during the sacred ceremony), G. caught a few pictures of Lawrence and the dancers.
My animal-loving kids were eager to visit the exhibits, many of which have changed over the past few years. Several exhibits now allow visitors to more easily take photos of the animals and G. was pleased to get a shot of the deer without the fence obstruction in one of her photos.
And she was highly amused with this 'action' shot.
I wrote a story a couple of months ago that included a mention about the park's new cell phone self-guided tour. There is a phone number to call while at the park (it's on the park's map) and that recorded message prompts you to enter the number of the exhibit you are looking at. These are the markers at the exhibits that have an audio component.
We called several times and thought the explanations offered for each exhibit were both interesting and educational. And just an FYI, the speaker phone mode on your phone makes this easy for the family to listen together. We also found several other visitors wanted to listen in to our call as well.
G. was busy snapping photos of all the animals and I won't be posting the 100 or so photos she took. But I'll include a few of the highlights.
The albino porcupine the girls thought was super cute.
The wild cats, which G. has always loved.
The coyote was a fast moving pacer in his cage and G. took several shots of him before she caught this one. I thought this photo was pretty cool since the only thing in clear focus in his nose and teeth.
This photo was the most interesting I thought because there could be more than one possibility for all the feathers strewn about.
Last Goose Standing?
Anyone been to the Widlife Park this season? The kids and I really liked the new signage and audio tour.
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