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Posts tagged wildlife

Turtle in the wild

jean lafitte national historical park and preserve turtle

Yellow-bellied Slider (New Orleans – April 2025)

Czech Bear

czech bear cesky krumlov

Brown bear in Hrad Český Krumlov moat

You probably thought the title of today’s photo (assuming you saw the title before seeing the photo) was a typo.

I was surprised, not having done any advanced reading, to stumble upon this bear in the moat of the Český Krumlov Castle complex. There is a bear festival held every year on Christmas Eve here. This is the only time of the year when visitors are allowed in the enclosure. Kids feed the brown bears apples, Christmas biscuits, pastries, and honey. Of course, the kids aren’t in the moat at the exact same time as the bears or they would be on the menu as well.

Bears have been living in this moat for over 300 years. The family who owns this castle has a coat of arms featuring two bears.

Rosenberg family coat of arms (Czech Republic)

Elk in Nehalem Bay State Park

Nehalem Bay State Park elk

After walking the beach in Nehalem Bay State Park for a mile or so, we had the option of retracing our footsteps on the beach or heading inland a bit to the sand dunes and forests back to our car. We chose the latter in the hopes of seeing an elk or two. We ended up seeing about a dozen of them.

Husani

silverback gorilla hogle zoo salt lake city utah

Western lowland silverback gorilla (Hogle Zoo – June 2025)

Mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata)

inokashira Mandarin ducks Aix galericulata

井の頭恩賜公園の鴛鴦

Giraffe calf

hogle zoo giraffe baby

Giraffe family in the Hogle Zoo, Utah (June 2025)