Beenham January 24th 2004


After having missed out the previous weekend, I made up this weekend by doing Saturday and Sunday... and what a beautiful couple of days. The Weatherman promised rain, but due to form got it wrong and the days were glorious, if a little chilly.

This meant crisp clear air and a great chance to try and get some photos - even if the light was not brilliant as it was so low.

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Just in case you have not guessed by now, Kodiak and Kenai are my favorites - why? Probably because they are pretty much inaccessible to me. Although I have handled Kenai round the field I have few hopes of ever managing to spend 'quality' time in the enclosure with either Kodiak or Kenai.
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You can see the volunteers cleaning out the bedding areas in the background here.
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The pictures above and below are of Kodiak. When he started howling I just could not resist shooting a few photo's to see how they would come out, and they are not too bad... a nice one of him looking over his shoulder too...
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A nice bouncy, if somewhat out of focus shot of Alba
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Euro wolves in the left two pictures, then on to Duma and Dakota having a howling good time in the final pictures, then they noticed me and came over to get some attention - a fantastic day with the wolves, as ever!
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