November 17, 2013

I finally remembered to bring a few quarters in case I wanted to use any of the coin-operated binoculars at the zoo (or buy food for the goats at the Wells Fargo Family Farm).

The brown bears in the Russia's Grizzly Coast exhibit were fun to watch today (although not as fun as when they were play-fighting in the water during our first summer visit). I believe all three bears were fishing and that this one, hard to see through the glare, was eating his catch. FUN (OR MAYBE DANGEROUS) FACT OF THE DAY: A brown bear can easily outrun a person. Its movements may look ponderous and slow, but a single gallop can cover the distance an adult human travels in four steps.

This image of one of the takins (in my opinion an under-rated animal on the Northern Trail), was my favorite picture I took that day.

The goitered gazelles seem to frequently be hidden from view. I thought that was the case today, and almost missed them blending in with the long, dry grass.

I had arrived very shortly after the zoo opened, and it was apparently too early for any prairie dog shenanigans.

To celebrate "Selfie Sunday," a thing made up by my son and a buddy, I got this picture of me and the lionfish.