BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Trail (formerly Beaver Valley) (sea lions, seals, pelicans, beavers, otters, bald eagles, ravens, and grey wolves)

DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Trail (formerly Beaver Valley) (sea lions, seals, pelicans, beavers, otters, bald eagles, ravens, and grey wolves):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SINZBV_030309_09.JPG: Nope. Not dead. Just resting.
2. SINZBV_030704_008.JPG: A very hot day and a lot of animals were swimming. This is one of two Mexican wolves in the zoo. Swimming wasn't just to stay cool though, it was also to get rid of the bugs. Notice the bloody tips of ears. There's been a huge biting fly population explosion at the zoo and all of the animals were being abused by them. The bloody ears are from the wolves using their legs to try to get the bugs off their ears. When I came back on a later visit, the zoo had set up a series of fly-sticky stations to try to keep down the bugs.
3. SINZBV_030704_024.JPG: This marked the official opening of a new bald eagle exhibit at the zoo. The eagles, neither of whom can fly due to accidents, themselves had been maintained at a rehabilitation center near Dollywood (Dolly Parton being a big backer of this sort of thing) and she had been in town that week to perform at the Capital as well as turn over the eagles. The new enclosure is topless (since the birds can't fly) as well as fairly open so you can actually photograph them. The same day as the exhibit opened, however, it turns out the zoo found that their third eagle, in a more traditional cage was found dead from a predator attack, later identified as being from a fox. I suspect that the days of the open cage are now numbered.
4. SINZBV_030704_046.JPG: This is the new enclosure (which might be temporary due to predator attacks). There's no fence on the top and there's loose mesh on the fence for most of it. The hutch on the right is where people can stand and look through wood slats with openings about 3 inches wide for cameras and such. I predict this will be closed up due to the fox attack that killed the remaining eagle.
5. SINZBV_030704_063.JPG: The seal enclosure has been in shoddy shape for years. There used to be a gaping hole in the fake cliff and birds made nests inside it. Recently, the zoo remodeled it, adding the columns on the left and filling in the hole. The new bald eagle exhibit is directly behind it.
6. SINZBV_030704_141.JPG: The bloody ears from the bothersome bugs are very apparent here
7. SINZBV_030706_031.JPG: They're licking each other's ears to both help heal them and to help with the bugs.
8. SINZBV_030706_132.JPG: These were reporters here to cover the death of the other bald eagle which, although it was discovered on July 4, wasn't revealed until late of July 5.
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Wikipedia Description: Beaver Valley - Home to the zoo's North American animals, Beaver Valley features of course its namesake beavers, as well as river otters, bald eagles, Mexican gray wolves and spectacled bears.
Transports visitors to the Pacific Northwest where they will come face-to-face with California sea lions and seals, pelicans, beavers, otters, the iconic bald eagle, ravens, and grey wolves.
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