An article from "Raising Maine"

We went to the Wildlife Park this past weekend to see the powwow happenings. Part of the motivation was to see Lawrence the bald eagle with the dancers.

G., the family photographer, was quite pleased with the varied photo opportunities even though the crowd was crazy big at the powwow, and the park in general.

After the Grand Entry (no photographs are permitted during the sacred ceremony), G. caught a few pictures of Lawrence and the dancers.

My animal-loving kids were eager to visit the exhibits, many of which have changed over the past few years. Several exhibits now allow visitors to more easily take photos of the animals and G. was pleased to get a shot of the deer without the fence obstruction in one of her photos.

I wrote a story a couple of months ago that included a mention about the park's new cell phone self-guided tour. There is a phone number to call while at the park (it's on the park's map) and that recorded message prompts you to enter the number of the exhibit you are looking at. These are the markers at the exhibits that have an audio component.

We called several times and thought the explanations offered for each exhibit were both interesting and educational. And just an FYI, the speaker phone mode on your phone makes this easy for the family to listen together. We also found several other visitors wanted to listen in to our call as well.

Anyone been to the Widlife Park this season? The kids and I really liked the new signage and audio tour.

Read original article and see Maine Wildlife Park pictures here.