As we TRANSITIONed from studying American History into a focus on Environmentalism, we made a trek to the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, where we got an up-close and personal view of the mighty buffalo we'd been learning about.
We also saw mountain goats, Roosevelt elk, black-tailed deer, bighorn sheep, moose, ducks and swans on the tram tour.
An owl posed for us.
We started to learn about the web of life and how all living things are interconnected.
The grizzly bears were active and came close enough for a good view.
We had a personal trailside encounter with a tiny brown bat.
We learned how they fly and perch upside down, holding onto things with their tiny claws. We also learned that they eat an astounding number of mosquitos!
We learned how to identify different animals by their scat.
And we practiced being citizen scientists by "Nature Mapping" - recording all the different signs of animals we could find on the trail by looking and listening closely.
Finally, we stopped by to visit some smaller animals -- this frisky raccoon was fun to watch. We also saw porcupines, fishers, beaver and wolverines!
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