Caring for mason bees requires both planning and dedication. While it’s possible to let them emerge naturally from their nest boxes, or bee blocks, cleaning the blocks gives the bees the best chance to thrive and have a productive spring. As the weather warmed up, we knew it was time to get to work before the bees began to emerge on their own. Mason bees are known for their striking, shimmery metallic bodies ranging from green to blue or black. Unlike honeybees, mason bees do not produce honey and are generally less aggressive, as they are not strongly territorial. Male …

Spring means baby animals – and ours are here! In the Free-Roaming Area, take a Discovery Tram Tour and keep a lookout for fuzzy orange bison calves or tiny white bighorn lambs hidden in the ferns. Stay tuned for more animals as they are born! And don’t forget our other young animals. Grizzly cubs Hawthorne and Huckleberry are nearly 18 months old now, and growing up fast.: digging, swimming, climbing. Our mountain goat kids are nearly one year old and still roam in a big, fluffy white pack in the Free-Roaming Area. Happy spring! (Click on a photo to open …

It’s baby animal season here at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. The first two bison calves of the season were born a few days ago, a perfectly timed entrance with Mother’s Day just around the corner. Animal caretakers at the wildlife park near Eatonville expect more calves among herds of American bison, Roosevelt Elk, woodland caribou, and Columbian black-tailed deer in the next few weeks, and one lamb is already getting nurture from its bighorn sheep mother on one of the wildlife park’s hillsides. Spring and early summer are traditionally a great time to visit the wildlife park, take a narrated …