Wildlife Conservation Center

The black bear cubs were having a relaxing afternoon snuggling and were not up to any mischief.

One of the brown bears, however, had discovered some pieces of wood to play with in his pond. He started with a log and was having so much fun rolling it in the water, one of his fellow cubs decided to jump into the pool as well. Like most kids, sharing is not an inherited trait. Thus, the second pair came in and stole the first bear's log. The first bear moved to a second log. The second bear then decided that the first log was not good enough and had to have the second log as well.

The first bear then found a small piece of wood (seen above) to play with. Well after a few minutes of the small piece of wood, the first bear was just sick of the whole situation and pounced on the second bear to reclaim his log (at least one of them). You can see him here with a mouthful of fur. Amazingly enough, nobody got hurt..

The Carribou were shedding for the Summer and had a brand new calf as well as new sets of velvet-covered antlers.

The fox was being teased by a magpie and was looking up longingly hoping the EAT that same magpie.

The guilty party here sitting on a fence post. The magpies in Alaska have beautiful blue feathers instead of the typical black and white seen farther South.

The Musk Ox was also shedding its Winter coat and was not at all about to pay attention to the passing tourists. There were also a small herd of Elk across from the Musk Ox that managed to elude my camera as I ducked back into the car from the steady drizzle.

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