Columbus June 26

Here are some shots from the same day as the cheetah run that I missed.

The cheetah. She didn't want to give up the lure.

Each of the African lion ladies had a bone.

common ostrich

Aurora, looking like she's asleep.

I'm trying to figure out if reindeer have black skin or their undercoat is black. She's lying in front of a fan.

Wood thrush. It/they (I don't know how many there are in the aviary) sometimes land close to people.

A masked bobwhite calling. It's subspecies of bobwhite quail.

North American Birds

These birds live in the Columbus Zoo's North American aviary. I visited April 20.

I blew the focus, but how could I not publish Jolene? She's a snow goose.

killdeer

Eastern bluebird

Cedar waxwing. Mmmm.

White-faced ibis, complete with a white face (breeding plumage). These guys (there are two) are pretty photogenic, and I've gotten good shots of them over the last few years.

Wood thrush

Black-capped chickadee. Or a Carolina chickadee.

June 11, Columbus Zoo

I spent some time at the Columbus Zoo June 11th. That was before the zoo officially opened to members, but this was one of two "volunteers and families" days, and I have a relative who is a newly-qualified docent.

red-legged seriema, about two feet tall

The hyenas were eating, and we could hear them crunching their bones.

spotted hyena

reticulated giraffe

Masai giraffe

There are two baby vervet monkeys. The troop came out of the chute from their building with babies hanging under their moms.

vervet monkeys

Mmm. Grape stems!

wood thrush

Burmese (brown) mountain tortoise. The scales on the front leg look like that pine cone, no?

Amur tiger

Two zoos in four days

I visited Toledo Saturday and Columbus Tuesday.

A reticulated giraffe at the feeding station. The Columbus Zoo also has Masai giraffes.

 

The reticulated giraffe awaits a treat from a zoo visitor. (Columbus Zoo)

Borealis was born last December. (Toledo Zoo)

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

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