Reid Park Zoo - 2010
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guppiecatAlmost two years ago was my last trip to Arizona. Once place that I like in Tucson (so many of them are gone these days) is the Reid Park Zoo. It's an odd little zoo that is trying to be bigger than it is, while still strongly appealing to children and relatively educated grandparents. Arizona's use as a retirement state creates that tendency. The zoo is crammed into a park and is prevented from expansion, so they do interesting things to make it not seem cramped. However, it's Arizona, so the traditional methods of using lots of fast-growing trees and bamboo isn't as useful, as those are water-intensive. However, when you look at how much space it actually takes up and how it feels when you're there, it's quite impressive.
This the tail end of a much longer photoshoot, as this is where I went to get shots of the maribou stork, which was requested by a publisher. It is, however, the set with the largest biodiversity.
The set is here, but be warned, it has photos of a heron eating raw fishbits and they look nothing like sushi.
Here is my favorite:
Biologically, I like the fact that I got anteater tongue. (Much harder than you'd think.) Photographically, I like how both the anteater and the shadow are in good focus, and make you think of the animal in a different way than usual.
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) ain't got time for your crap.
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) is a bit worried that the water may be too cold.
Kori Bustard's (Ardeotis kori) are birds of the 80's. See? Same makeup and featherstyling.
Squirrels are thankful to live in a zoo where kids come to drop food on the ground.
Aldabra Tortoise's (Geochelone gigantea) interview is over.
The two photos below are of a hornbill. Most birds have eyelids with little eyelash feathers, but the hornbills are impressive as hell. The combination of colour, texture and contrast of the eyelashes, the iris and their bill mean that any shot including their eye is amazing.
Grevys Zebra (Equus grevyi) - Zebras have a lot of brown in them. Most people don't think of them that way.
Even the rhinos go to Arizona to retire.
I just like the feather texture here.
Years ago, giant anteaters formed roaming gangs to provide camaraderie within a socio-economic that put them at a severe disadvantage. Despite the danger, the groups fostered long-term relationships and influenced a great many communities until the urban renewal projects of the 1960's changed their character.
Quack.
This the tail end of a much longer photoshoot, as this is where I went to get shots of the maribou stork, which was requested by a publisher. It is, however, the set with the largest biodiversity.
The set is here, but be warned, it has photos of a heron eating raw fishbits and they look nothing like sushi.
Here is my favorite:
Biologically, I like the fact that I got anteater tongue. (Much harder than you'd think.) Photographically, I like how both the anteater and the shadow are in good focus, and make you think of the animal in a different way than usual.
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) ain't got time for your crap.
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) is a bit worried that the water may be too cold.
Kori Bustard's (Ardeotis kori) are birds of the 80's. See? Same makeup and featherstyling.
Squirrels are thankful to live in a zoo where kids come to drop food on the ground.
Aldabra Tortoise's (Geochelone gigantea) interview is over.
The two photos below are of a hornbill. Most birds have eyelids with little eyelash feathers, but the hornbills are impressive as hell. The combination of colour, texture and contrast of the eyelashes, the iris and their bill mean that any shot including their eye is amazing.
Grevys Zebra (Equus grevyi) - Zebras have a lot of brown in them. Most people don't think of them that way.
Even the rhinos go to Arizona to retire.
I just like the feather texture here.
Years ago, giant anteaters formed roaming gangs to provide camaraderie within a socio-economic that put them at a severe disadvantage. Despite the danger, the groups fostered long-term relationships and influenced a great many communities until the urban renewal projects of the 1960's changed their character.
Quack.
