Some wolves are snowy white, black or gray, or a mixture of fawn, cream, gray, white, and black. Usually as the wolves age, their coats become lighter. Come see our newest addition, Bison. C ommon large birds in the Penn's Cave Wildlife Park include the Ruffed Grouse, our State Bird, which is predominantly gray or reddish brown, Wild Turkeys, and Mallard Ducks. Distinguished from domestic turkeys by the brown tips on tail feathers, Wild Turkeys feed on insects, fruit, nuts, grains and green plants, and are frequent guests at the elk and deer feeders.
Mallards remain all year because the water is free of ice.
N ative trees and wild-flowers of the Penn's Cave Wildlife Park include White Pine, White Oak, Red Maple and Northern Red Oak. Hemlock, mountain laurel, and wild berries abound, as well as shasta daisies, buttercups, wild aster, violets, and daylilies. T he first word that comes to mind is 'natural'. The thousand acres of Penn's Cave's forests and fields have been preserved as a natural habitat for birds and animals, without damage to the ecology, utilizing existing logging and tractor trails to guide your tour through the wildlife park and farm. There's something for everyone.