Friday, August 9, 2019

Two zoos in four days

I visited Toledo Saturday and Columbus Tuesday.

A giraffe's hindquarters and tail in the classic brown-and-white pattern
A reticulated giraffe at the feeding station. The Columbus Zoo also has Masai giraffes.
 
The head, including ossicones ("horns") of a giraffe in profile
The reticulated giraffe awaits a treat from a zoo visitor. (Columbus Zoo)


A young polar bear swims with a toy.
Borealis was born last December. (Toledo Zoo)

Crystal contemplates playing with a ball. She's Borealis's mom. (Toledo Zoo)

Two frogs engage in apparent adult activity. The frogs are brilliant blue with yellow and white on their backs.
Cobalt poison dart frogs. They literally played leapfrog in the Toledo Zoo's new tropical greenhouse.

A tropical butterfly (Toledo Zoo)
Cheetah. The Columbus Zoo has about a dozen.

A wood thrush landed a couple of feet away from me in the Columbus Zoo's songbird aviary.
A chestnut-breasted malkoha in the Toledo Zoo's pheasantry

2 comments:

  1. Nice ones. Giraffes are pretty fantastic animals. You can see your reflection in the malkoha's eye. :)

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  2. Yes! I noticed that reflection, and I saw myself in a couple of other eyes. That's an idea for a future post.

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