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*** Northwest Animal Babies***
*Bison Calf*
Humpless, hornless, and cinnamon-colored, a bison calf weighs over 65 pounds at birth and receives a welcoming lick from mom.
Mother cows take turns watching all the herd's calves.
If they sense danger, they stampede to safety.
*Raccoon Kits*
Curious raccoon kits peek out of their safe den.
See their five fingers ? Raccoons use their paws and sharp claws just like hands to feel underwater for crawdads and to scamper up tall trees.
*Harbor Seal Pup*
How do a harbor seal pup and its mother say hello?
With their whiskers !
Sometimes a pup will wait alone on the beach while mom goes into the water to catch fish.
When she returns, they touch their whiskers in happy greeting.
*Trumpeter Swan Cygnet*
Tap! Tap! This cygnet used it's eggtooth-a hard, pointed knob on it's bill-to break out of its egg.
It will start swimming in only two days, but a full year will pass before the cygnet turns into a beautiful white swan.
*Porcupine Kit*
Newborn porcupines are as soft and cuddly as other furry babies, but not for long.
Their quills harden quickly after birth, making the kit prickly from its eyebrows to the tip of its tail.
*Gray Wolf Pups*
Gray wolf pups live in friendly groups called packs.
While playing, they learn to use their powerful jaws and pointed teeth for grabbing and holding prey.
Wolves walk in single file through the deep Montana snow, taking turns breaking the trail.
*Opossum Kits*
At birth, opossums are no bigger than a honeybee !
They snuggle into mom's warm pouch to nurse and grow, just like baby kangaroos.
When they're big enough, they ride on mom's back, clinging to her with their claws.
*Golden Eagle Eaglet*
This downy eaglet will grow up to be a large, dark-brown bird of prey with a wingspan of seven feet.
Sometimes called the "Mountain eagle," golden eagles nest in tall trees or on high cliffs in remote ares.
*Coho Salmon Fry*
Shimmering, slippery coho, also called silver salmon, are born in freshwater streams, then migrate out to the ocean.
In open water, salmon fry look like shadows, making it hard for predators to see them.
*Grizzly Bear Cubs*
Grizzly cubs love to climb trees, play and swim in the water, and eat fattening salmon.
They have excellent memories and never forget where to find a berry field that mom has shown them.
If danger threatens, mom sends them up a tree until it is safe.
*Mountain Goat Kid*
Within a week of being born, a mountain goat kid can easily follow its mother nanny, jumping from craggy rocks to cliff ledges.
Can you see the nanny's beard?
It is part of a thick throat mane that helps keep her warm.
*Polar Bear Cubs*
Greamy white polar bear are hard to see or hear in their frozen homeland.
Their paws are covered with fur for warmth, traction, and "soundproofing"-so seals under the ice can't hear them.
Cubs slide down icy slopes into frigid waters, splashing and dog-paddling with their huge paws.
*River Otter Pup*
Mom and dad like to join their pups when they play, sledding down muddy banks and along the ice of frozen rivers.
By closing its ears and nostrils, a river otter can stay under water for almost four minutes.
*Orca calf*
An orca calf weighs 400 pounds at birth, but is still much smaller than the adults in its family.
The baby swims just behind its mother in her "slipstream," which pulls it along when the pod is traveling through Pacific Northwest waters.
* Burrowing Owl Owlets*
Not all owls are night owls, and these sleepy owlets are glad to soak up the morning sun.
Yawn! Burrowing owls live in underground nests in eastern Washington.
When they feel threatened, they don't hoot like other owls, but squeak and squawk.
*Blue-winged Teal Duckings*
Blue-winged tral duckings are born into big families.
Can you imagine having as many as 15 brothers and sisters?
When adult teal fly, they turn in perfect unison and flash a bright blue patch on their wing.
*Sandpiper Chick*
Sandpipers nest on the ground in shallow depressions lined with moss or grass.
Both parents sit on the eggs and help raise the young.
A chick's bill is at least as long as its head!
*Cougar Cub*
A cougar cub trains as a predator-stalking, attacking, and wrestling with its siblings or even with mom.
When it grows, it will leave to hunt on its own.
Until then, mom is never far awat.
*Red Fox Kits*
Fox kits cuddle together to stay warm.
Those large ears you see turn to catch the slightest sounds.
When they're about six weeks old, kits venture out of the den to play whil mom and dad hunt rabbits birds, or even insects.
*Canada Geese Goslings*
Ka-Ronk! Canada geese are excellent parents, making sure their-brood is always very close.
Goslings sometims play at nest building.
Tossing dry grass over their shoulders, they tuck peices around their downy soft bodies creating "make-believe" nests.
by-Andrea Helman
*Bison Calf*
Humpless, hornless, and cinnamon-colored, a bison calf weighs over 65 pounds at birth and receives a welcoming lick from mom.
Mother cows take turns watching all the herd's calves.
If they sense danger, they stampede to safety.
*Raccoon Kits*
Curious raccoon kits peek out of their safe den.
See their five fingers ? Raccoons use their paws and sharp claws just like hands to feel underwater for crawdads and to scamper up tall trees.
*Harbor Seal Pup*
How do a harbor seal pup and its mother say hello?
With their whiskers !
Sometimes a pup will wait alone on the beach while mom goes into the water to catch fish.
When she returns, they touch their whiskers in happy greeting.
*Trumpeter Swan Cygnet*
Tap! Tap! This cygnet used it's eggtooth-a hard, pointed knob on it's bill-to break out of its egg.
It will start swimming in only two days, but a full year will pass before the cygnet turns into a beautiful white swan.
*Porcupine Kit*
Newborn porcupines are as soft and cuddly as other furry babies, but not for long.
Their quills harden quickly after birth, making the kit prickly from its eyebrows to the tip of its tail.
*Gray Wolf Pups*
Gray wolf pups live in friendly groups called packs.
While playing, they learn to use their powerful jaws and pointed teeth for grabbing and holding prey.
Wolves walk in single file through the deep Montana snow, taking turns breaking the trail.
*Opossum Kits*
At birth, opossums are no bigger than a honeybee !
They snuggle into mom's warm pouch to nurse and grow, just like baby kangaroos.
When they're big enough, they ride on mom's back, clinging to her with their claws.
*Golden Eagle Eaglet*
This downy eaglet will grow up to be a large, dark-brown bird of prey with a wingspan of seven feet.
Sometimes called the "Mountain eagle," golden eagles nest in tall trees or on high cliffs in remote ares.
*Coho Salmon Fry*
Shimmering, slippery coho, also called silver salmon, are born in freshwater streams, then migrate out to the ocean.
In open water, salmon fry look like shadows, making it hard for predators to see them.
*Grizzly Bear Cubs*
Grizzly cubs love to climb trees, play and swim in the water, and eat fattening salmon.
They have excellent memories and never forget where to find a berry field that mom has shown them.
If danger threatens, mom sends them up a tree until it is safe.
*Mountain Goat Kid*
Within a week of being born, a mountain goat kid can easily follow its mother nanny, jumping from craggy rocks to cliff ledges.
Can you see the nanny's beard?
It is part of a thick throat mane that helps keep her warm.
*Polar Bear Cubs*
Greamy white polar bear are hard to see or hear in their frozen homeland.
Their paws are covered with fur for warmth, traction, and "soundproofing"-so seals under the ice can't hear them.
Cubs slide down icy slopes into frigid waters, splashing and dog-paddling with their huge paws.
*River Otter Pup*
Mom and dad like to join their pups when they play, sledding down muddy banks and along the ice of frozen rivers.
By closing its ears and nostrils, a river otter can stay under water for almost four minutes.
*Orca calf*
An orca calf weighs 400 pounds at birth, but is still much smaller than the adults in its family.
The baby swims just behind its mother in her "slipstream," which pulls it along when the pod is traveling through Pacific Northwest waters.
* Burrowing Owl Owlets*
Not all owls are night owls, and these sleepy owlets are glad to soak up the morning sun.
Yawn! Burrowing owls live in underground nests in eastern Washington.
When they feel threatened, they don't hoot like other owls, but squeak and squawk.
*Blue-winged Teal Duckings*
Blue-winged tral duckings are born into big families.
Can you imagine having as many as 15 brothers and sisters?
When adult teal fly, they turn in perfect unison and flash a bright blue patch on their wing.
*Sandpiper Chick*
Sandpipers nest on the ground in shallow depressions lined with moss or grass.
Both parents sit on the eggs and help raise the young.
A chick's bill is at least as long as its head!
*Cougar Cub*
A cougar cub trains as a predator-stalking, attacking, and wrestling with its siblings or even with mom.
When it grows, it will leave to hunt on its own.
Until then, mom is never far awat.
*Red Fox Kits*
Fox kits cuddle together to stay warm.
Those large ears you see turn to catch the slightest sounds.
When they're about six weeks old, kits venture out of the den to play whil mom and dad hunt rabbits birds, or even insects.
*Canada Geese Goslings*
Ka-Ronk! Canada geese are excellent parents, making sure their-brood is always very close.
Goslings sometims play at nest building.
Tossing dry grass over their shoulders, they tuck peices around their downy soft bodies creating "make-believe" nests.
by-Andrea Helman
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