Columbus May 28

I went with family members on an after-hours tour of the Columbus Zoo.

A moose, the largest deer, can fold itself pretty compactly.

A puma, probably Goldie or Poppy, one of three orphaned because of fires in California in 2020.

A pallas' cat, or manul, pauses during scratching.

A markhor makes a leap.

Splooting, red panda style

Katy, a koala mom

Katy and Kora

Snowy

I went to the Columbus Zoo twice in January, right after snows.

Snow goose. I was surprised to learn that some aren't white.

cedar waxwings

white-faced ibis

White faced ibis. My best shot of the two trips.

Reindeer. The Columbus Zoo has three, all female.

Anana and Aurora. I don't know which is which, but the one on the left was already asleep when I arrived. The other moseyed over, dug herself a comfy spot, and closed her eyes.

Red panda. This could be Kora, the mom; Kora spends a lot of time in a tree. I found that a camera's autofocus might not work well when it's snowing.

Red panda. This one was doing laps around the enclosure.

 

2020 part 3

New Hampshire chicken (Columbus Zoo, October 10)

Finally! Someone whose ears are hairier than mine. (Columbus Zoo, October 22)

This is Lucas, an African elephant, walking away from his mother, Renee, who tried to take away his browse. He went through a gap in the fencing to another part of the enclosure and Renee could not follow. (Toledo Zoo, October 24)

northern ground hornbill (Columbus Zoo, November 2)

A young red panda (Columbus Zoo, November 2)

Aurora in her enclosure (Columbus Zoo, December 2)

bald eagle (Columbus Zoo, December 2)

wolverine (Columbus Zoo, December 16). There was a spin on the platform, so this is probably Guillotine.

female rose-breasted grosbeak (Columbus Zoo, December 16)

San Esteban chuckwalla (Columbus Zoo, December 28)

Red panda

The Columbus Zoo has a pair of red pandas.

The panda likes to snooze in a tree.

Here's the altitude.

The other one takes it to the next level.

That's not a cigar. As far as I know.

Some red panda links

• National Geographic
• World Wildlife Fund
• Snow frolic at the Cincinnati Zoo (YouTube) 

Red

red panda (Columbus Zoo)

red-winged blackbird (Columbus Zoo)

red kangaroo (Columbus Zoo)

wild red squirrel (Minnesota Zoo)

redtail catfish (Toledo Zoo)

red spitting cobra (Toledo Zoo)

red-bellied piranha (Toledo Zoo)