Last Thursday Jim, KLS and myself took a drive down to visit Bronx Zoo. I’d never been there before and for some reason was a bit wary. It turned out it was a world-class zoo and a very entertaining trip!
The above shows the ground hog enclosure, which includes ‘portholes’ so you can get a close-up look at the little beasts. This was a highlight for me.
Most of the enclosures were beautifully landscaped and very large. The above two are such examples. In the front right of the second photo you can see a waterfall that was part of that particular enclosure.
Three random shots. The red panda (leftmost shot) was charming, sleeping as he was in a patch of sun.
The middle shot was taken in the wonderful butterfly garden, a large greenhouse full of plants and hundreds of butterflies flying freely. The rightmost shot is of a Prevost’s Squirrel (sp?). We also saw a couple of black squirrels roaming freely in the (large and wooded) zoo.
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Not sure what the above is a photo of, but I hope it’s a degu!
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Another highlight was the monorail that surrounded a bunch of large animal exhibits (elephant, rhino etc.) The cars were sideways and faced the exhibits. The train ran a long closed loop so everyone got a good look at the animals while enjoying a respite from the endless walking in the hot sun.
My camera broke during the trip (the CCD failed). This is the second of it’s type to break! Anyway I had the HD camcorder with me and ended up shooting a lot of video. One thing led to another and, well….
Here’s a bit of an experimental video of some of the things we saw at the zoo
Making videos is fun… I should do more of it 🙂
They have cool names for things at that zoo 😉
Yes – more videos !!