New Arrivals at the

Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo

Baby Watch 2009:

Pere David Deer: Male fawn born April 6, 2009. (First baby of the season)

Domestic Chickens: Hatched April 9, 2009.

Mouflon Sheep: Male lamb born April 27, 2009.

Female born May 2, 2009.

Lamb born May 15, 2009.

Lamb born June 22, 2009.

Dall Sheep: A white-morph male lamb born May 2, 2009

Canada goslings: Began hatching May 16, 2009

Pygmy Goat: Twin males born May 16, 2009.

Kid born May 20, 2009

Wapiti: Born May 18, 2009; Female born May 27, 2009; Male born June 7, 2009.

Richardson Ground Squirrels – the babies have emerged from their dens at the end of May.

Mallard Ducks: Ducklings began hatching June 3, 2009.

Pronghorn: Baby born at the end of May.

Mountain Goat: Male kid born May 25, 2009.

Miniature Horse: Female born June 14, 2009.

American Badgers: Twins born March 20, 2009. Now on display.

Caribou: Baby born in 2009

Cougar: Babies born in early August 2009.

Peafowl: Peachicks started hatching in August.

Bison: Baby Bison born August 25, 2009.

New Arrivals:

-Two Lions arrived at the Zoo in November 2008. They are now on display.

-Two domestic Ferrets (currently off display) arrived in April.

-Royal Python donated on May 20, 2009 (currently off display).

-Three Cougar babies orphaned in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park arrived in June.

They are now on display in the Kinsmen Children’s Zoo.

Wildlife Watch 2009:

Notably absent in 2009: There are neither Coots nor Ruddy Ducks this year…

Wildlife spotted at the Forestry Farm in 2009:

Coyote

Muskrat

Raccoon

Richardson Ground Squirrel

Red Squirrel (with babies)

Skunk

Tundra Swans (arrived April 16, 2009).

American Robin (including one albino)

Merlin

Canada Goose (Goslings hatched May 16)

Black-capped Chickadee

Northern Flicker

Common Grackle

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Magpie

Raven

Crow

Blue Jay

Kildeer

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Red-tailed Hawk.

Red-winged Blackbird.

Swainson Hawk.

Tree Swallow.

Mallard Ducks (Ducklings hatched June 3)

Eared Grebe.

Long-tailed Duck.

European House Sparrow.

Mosquito (adult and larva)

Midge larva

Fresh-water shrimp (side-swimmer or scud)

Leach

Damselfly (adult and larva)

Dragonfly (adult)

Caddisfly larva

Water Boatman

Water Mite

Whirligig Beetle

Diving Beetle

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