the animal park 'fasanerie' here in wiesbaden is a place i like to visit very often. it's very close, so it's very convenient to pay it a visit several times a year. it's only a small animal park but the quality of it is really great. the animals all live in huge compounds, everything is green and lush and the concepts of animal keeping are constantly overworked. currently they are working on a new fox & badger compound where you'll be able to watch them underground in their dens. i'm really excited for that. there's also a raptor enclosure planned... i haven't seen the owls and eagles in a long time since they shut off the old enclosure - so this is another thing i'm really looking forward to. everytime i visit the fasanerie i detect something new and through the year, to experience the park in all its seasonal states, it never gets boring.
i spotted a robin, great tit & another little bird in one place! i'm happy i even got the chance to photograph these three darlings.
peahen beauty!
gold pheasants have the most beautiful plumage. they always hide very well, though, so it proves difficult to shoot a good picture.
rosehip splendor.
a guinea fowl prancing around. i love their dotty plumage.
another peacock, this time a male one. look at those colours!
a young fallow deer.
the storks are always a favourite photo motive of mine.
doing plumage work.
1, 2, 3 - three storks i see!
another favourite of mine: the nutrias! this family is just totally adorable and the compound they are living in was built fairly recently and it seems they really enjoy it here! it's always so fun to watch them swim in their pond or cleaning themselves. and they always have little ones!
gnawing at green food.
the goose chicks have grown quite a chunk! last time i was there ( i think it was around july or june back then ), they still were fluffly little balls.
hello wisent creature!
the bear was having a hangover of orange overdose.
another beautiful robin.
that day i was quite focused on little birds! that's a nuthatch, y'all. quite a sleek design it got from mother nature.
stag gathering. autumn is rutting season and it's always a fantastic event to watch them defending their authority and hear their bellows.
truly majestic animals.
father wildcat examining his kitten pack. the cats had babies this year, which was really great! i have never seen them having baby kittens before, in all those 6 years i'm already living here. they were truly hard to capture, always climbing and jumping. by the end of the visit they were high above in the trees and there wasn't a chance to get a decent picture. but father and mother are always up for a photo session.
momma cat watching over her little ones. this is the only photo i got from one of the little ones.
being extremely wary of her husband. ( who always stole the dead chicken that she collected for herself. )
it's always wonderful to revisit the animal park, and i'm really looking forward to the first permanent snowy days in winter - the park is beautiful in white as well.
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