Blank Park Zoo - Birds, Sloth, Gecko, Bubbles

[guppiecat]

In February, I took a quick trip to the local zoo. I finally got around to posting the photos. This is the first from the set. Later, you can see amphibians, including more mafia frogs. For now, you get look at birds and stuff. (For those who care, the set is here.)




Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) - She's a finch and she's proud of it.


Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) - This finch has a beard... and side burns.


Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) - "Fiber, fiber, fiber, fiber, fiber, ...."


Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) - I like the bokeh here.


Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) - "You can call me Flower... if you want to"


Bubbles - There is a large aerator in the Brazil tank. This is me playing with time delays.


Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis) - If you ever need to light a match, and can't find a suitably rough surface, grab a nearby gecko.

Comments

[laffingbuddha.livejournal.com]

Nice work!

[7ivy7.livejournal.com]

Very nice. all are appreciated but I do not recall ever having seen such an appealing sloth photo! Tesla must show you her photos from our trip to Costa Rica.
I don't know if she remembers, but one of our highlights of our visits to Tesla's "faraway Grandma" was a visit to the Blank Park Zoo. We saw it go from cages to environments. It was part of Tesla's accidental education.

[guppiecat]

Interestingly, when I was wee, my mother and I spent the summer following my father around his multi-state sales territory. During the day, she'd take me to each city's zoo and at night we'd do family stuff around the hotel.

I, of course, was so young that I have absolutely no recollection of this... but it seems to have had an impact. :)