At Home

Here's another round of the mammals around my house from 2020 and 2021.

These guys were across the road.

 

This group was NOT across the road, and there was a sixth outside the frame. I encourage them to eat weeds, and the missing gardener must buy plants that are deer-resistant. Note that the dog doesn't appear to care about the deer and the deer, although alert, aren't fleeing the dog.

Mac waits for a peanut. He hasn't caught one yet.

More potential weed-eaters

Lenny the groundhog eats weeds, too, but he is Marmota monax non grata because he also eats plants we want to keep.

A squirrel takes a drink. Not sure if this is Mac.

I interrupted a nap by moving closer after this shot.

A chipmunk sometimes "sings" from the fence just outside our dining room window.

2018

Here are some pictures from 2018, the year I began to visit zoos often. All are from the Columbus Zoo unless noted.

water monitor - the signage is unclear at to the species

markhor

black-and-white colobus

trumpeter swan

alligator snapping turtle - I once saw a keeper feeding this one with a pair of long tongs. The shell is 2 1/2 to 3 feet long.

cockatiel (Toledo Zoo)

Dalmatian pelican. These birds are large. (Toledo Zoo)

 

Australasia

These animals live in the Australasian region: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and some nearby islands.

Fly River or pig-nosed turtle (Columbus Zoo)

straw-necked ibis (Columbus Zoo)

eastern rosella (Columbus  Zoo)

green tree python (Columbus Zoo)

schooling bannerfish (Toledo Zoo)

spotted whistling duck (Toledo Zoo)

 

Textures and Patterns

Galapagos tortoise (Akron Zoo)

reticulated giraffe (Columbus Zoo)

Caribbean flamingo (Columbus Zoo)

gila monster (Columbus Zoo)

American alligator (Columbus Zoo)

west African gaboon viper (Toledo Zoo). This snake has two patterns on its body--the lighter pattern is on top and is not the snake's tail or a different snake.

unknown tree (Toledo Zoo)