Today we went and explored the Nylander Museum here in Caribou. It is about a 5 min walk from our house. Mr. Nylander was an imigrant from Sweden and came to the United States to work in the late 1800's. He was a detailed house painter by trade but his real love was of finding unique things in nature, fossils, shells, wildlife, etc. He shared these many finds with museums and universities of the time. He eventually was hired out to do field work and long story, short, now all of his work is here in Caribou in a building that was built just for him in 1938. He was the currator of the museum for 5 years until his death in 1943. So, I took some pictures of the amazing things we saw today! Enjoy
first is the native black bear, this one is a cub, apparently they roam around the town and are all over the place.
Nick, apprehensive of said bear? Nah, just a great expression I caught of him!
A local red fox, unfortunately you see them on the side of the road all the time, kindof like racoons in Utah
And this is the only Moose I have seen yet....It was ENORMOUS!!!! I could stand under his chin and the lady told us if he wasnt mounted on the wall he would have been TALLER!
A coyote
an albino porcupine
Amythest
abalone shells
variety of coastal crabs found here in Maine
And lastly, the kids on the way out...about to walk back home!
Nick, apprehensive of said bear? Nah, just a great expression I caught of him!
A local red fox, unfortunately you see them on the side of the road all the time, kindof like racoons in Utah
And this is the only Moose I have seen yet....It was ENORMOUS!!!! I could stand under his chin and the lady told us if he wasnt mounted on the wall he would have been TALLER!
A coyote
an albino porcupine
Amythest
abalone shells
variety of coastal crabs found here in Maine
And lastly, the kids on the way out...about to walk back home!
1 comment:
Looks like you have lots of flora and fauna to spot out their in Caribou country! Watch out for those bears!
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