Walking into the 1000 Islands Nature Center in Kaukauna, WI early in the morning, there was NO ONE around and it was a little spooky.  I kept imagining...what if these all of these animals suddenly came back to life???  This girl'd been  in a heap of trouble.

(Don't tell me I'm weird for imagining such things.  Kim tells me that all the time...)

Downright scary!

I don't know how this itsy, bitsy place stuck behind some baseball diamonds acquired such an impressive collection of taxidermied animals and birds, but it really was fascinating to see.

I've seen a few of these in the wild in my life...so very gorgeous and graceful!

When I see displays like these, I am always amazed once again at the creativity of our God when he made all the varieties of animals.

The beautiful symmetry of a zebra's markings...incredible!

I especially loved all the taxidermied water birds flying down the hallway.

And the question of the day...what kind of animal is this???

I was too busy taking the photo to read its name.  I will say it was huge, probably close to 2 feet in diameter at the base.  I thought it was a sea lion, but now I'm not so sure.  Anybody????

Pretty fascinating exhibits, for a nature-lover like me.

Lions and tigers hyenas and bears...oh, my!