Winter Wildlife at the Maine Wildlife Park Photos

Our curious bobcat

A coyote enjoying the sunshine

A fox on the hunt

A wandering moose

A cautious coyote

Larry the Eagle

The Barred owls are housed indoors for the winter.

Our raccoon enjoys a sunny day at the park.

The two coyotes have snug dens lined with straw.

The deer "yard up" for the winter.

The deer pack down trails through the deep snow.

The duck pond is spring fed, so it stays open all year round.

Lawrence, the bald eagle at age 2 1/2. He is now going on 5, with the full white head of and adult eagle.

This is the summer entrance to the park; in winter the "back road" is used to save on extensive snow plowing.

George, the bull moose, keeps his antlers though January.

The Friends' greenhouse, where they grow all those beautiful flowers, is buried in snow.

The moose prefer the colder weather.

The moose have a snack.

The moose family has a snack.

The park outhouses are buried in snow.

Peacocks are birds of temperate climates, and do not mind snow and cold.

The tall pines of the picnic grove in the snow.

The red tailed hawks are housed in unheated barns for the winter.

This deer certainly doesn't mind the snow.

The red squirrel, a "wild" resident of the park helps himself to some crabapples.

Wildlife Park Sign in the snow bank.

The gray fox's winter quarters are packed with straw for warmth.

Many of the turtles hibernate right in the ponds over the winter.

The visitor center in the snow.

Another view of the old white oak by the bird exhibits.

An alert coyote

A browsing moose

A close-up of Lawrence the eagle

An emerging fox

Lawrence the eagle

A napping buck

One antlered moose (one dropped)

One drop moose

A panting coyote

A peeking fox

Startled deer

Traveling deer

Two Tom turkeys

A winter buck

A young moose