Wildlife in Redwood National Park

There are meadows in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park that are excellent places for up-close viewing of both black-tailed deer and elk. The trails throughout the park are a good place to see banana slugs as long as you remember to look down in addition to looking up at the tall trees.

Blacktails

A black-tailed deer fawn eats leaves from a blackberry vine in a meadow in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

A black-tailed deer fawn at sunset in a meadow in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

	Incisors Deer lack upper canine teeth but compensate by pinching vegetation against a calloused part of their mouth. This doe was eating the leaves of the blackberry bush by pressing the leaves to the roof of her mouth with her tongue and then pulling them off. She and her little ones were ignoring the other plants of the meadow at Elk Prairie and exclusively feeding on the blackberry leaves.
	Now That's My Happy Girl! Everywhere I go, animals are overjoyed to see me.

A black-tailed deer fawn in a meadow in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

A black-tailed deer doe in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Roosevelt Elk

Spikes

A little experiment with form and color using a young elk bull in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in northern California.

A Roosevelt elk calf rests on the ground in the Prairie Creek section of Redwood National Park

A young Roosevelt elk bull rests on the ground in the Prairie Creek section of Redwood National Park

Banana Slugs

A banana slug crosses a fallen redwood branch in Prairie Creek Redwood State Park

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