If there's an itch...

What do you do when you have an itch?

Nubian goat

Bali myna

Angora goat

markhor

The picture of the buffalo weaver is pretty horrible because a shutter at 1/15s is not fast enough to stop motion. That means there's a lot of motion blur, which makes the bird appear out of focus. Motion blur can be good, though, and I think the curve of the leg's motion is pretty cool. The blue is the tag on the leg, captured a couple of times.

white-headed buffalo weaver

Tyler, a Reeves's muntjac

Mustard, a Tasmanian devil

western cattle egret

sunbittern

All photos are from the Columbus Zoo except the sunbittern's, which is from the Cincinnati Zoo.

2019 favorites

Of photos I haven't posted, here are some of my favorites of 2019.

Juvenile silvered langur (Columbus Zoo)

Aldabra giant tortoise (Columbus Zoo)

eastern bluebird (Columbus Zoo)

honey bee (wild at the Columbus Zoo)

A 17-year-old western cattle egret (Columbus Zoo)

silver-spotted skipper (wild at the Columbus Zoo)

Twiggy, an African elephant gets a pedicure (Toledo Zoo).

Victoria crowned pigeons (Columbus Zoo)

Asian elephants (Columbus Zoo)

laughing kookaburra (Columbus Zoo)

Lake Erie water snake (grayish) and easterm fox snake (yellow/red and black) (Columbus Zoo)

unknown freshwater fish (Toledo Zoo)