Blank Park Zoo - Wasps, Prairie Dog, Serval

[guppiecat]

In mid-August, I spent about an hour at the local Zoo. With all the traveling I've been doing, I'd not been there much, so it was a nice, albeit short, treat. One odd thing was that the prairie dog enclosure was full of cicada killers (a type of wasp). I got some interesting "hover" shots of them.

For those that care, the set is here.




Cicada Killer (Sphecius ?) - UFO investigates the blast site.


Cicada Killer (Sphecius ?) - The low flying bomber avoids radar.


Black Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) - "Crap, I'll have to move in another 15 minutes".


Black Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) - "Occupied. Find your own hole."


Serval (Leptailurus serval) - With ears like that, they can hear a can of tuna being opened miles away.


Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) - I took my life into my own hands to risk getting this shot of the giraffe for you. I hope you're all suitably impressed.


Serval (Leptailurus serval) - Camouflage really works better then the shadows are a trifle smaller.


Serval (Leptailurus serval) - Yeah, I think this shot is cool too.


Serval (Leptailurus serval) - "One; two: why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky! Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard?"


Serval (Leptailurus serval) - "No more o’ that, my lord, no more o’ that: you mar all with this starting. "

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

The cicada killers really do look like UFOs in those shots! Jordin and Mary Kay just got a mother cat and two kittens who are Savannahs; they're descended from breeding a domestic cat with a serval.