Armstrong Recreation and Wellness sponsors wooded island adventure
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Island and provided his knowledge gained from previous trips about some of the wildlife and other students’ experiences.
The students did not know what to expect as they were bused to the site.
“I look forward to seeing animals I haven’t seen before,” said health science major Vanessa Pereira.
The site’s grounds offered an impressive diversity of animals, including reptiles, birds of prey and wolves.
The group, eager to get started, spent only a few minutes glancing at the snakes and turtles housed in aquariums in the spacious lobby of the welcome center.
The first spot visited on the trail was the wetland aviary, which houses many types of birds, all protected under a net canopy. The birds seemed photo-shy, as attempts at taking pictures of them became more comical than successful.
The group then moved on to see the center’s cougar, which was unfortunately not in his cage.
The cougar’s absence sparked a conversation on the condition of the wildlife center in which Oliveira said that the center seemed to be hurting for funds.
Source: the Inkwell