Zoo Picture Spam!

[hellziggy]

I spent several hours out at the Minnesota Zoo today with lucky13charm and kafilipi. This was the first time I was actually able to meet kafilipi after several near misses.

Being as much of a zoo & camera geek as me, we spent over an hour on the Northern Trail, most of it with the tigers & the wolves. Lana & Nika were right up by the glass, but it was tough to get good shots because the glass was kind of cloudy. I did get a few good ones though. Here's Nika:



and Nika chasing Lana:


I did manage to get a ton of good wolf pictures though!









It's a moose!


Baby camel & mommy


The pronghorns were low enough on the hill to get a good shot.


The Japanese Snow Monkeys.


White-cheeked Gibbon.



If that's not enough zoo pictures for you, my zoo gallery online is up to over 120 pictures. Click here

Comments

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

those are gorgeous! i didn't realize meese have such big nostrils.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think the growly wolf is my favorite (even though he was really yawning...don't tell anyone...)

[passaddhi.livejournal.com]

Those turned out awesome!

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *grin*

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

WOW that's a close tiger! O.O

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

No cropping & zooming there, either! Nika really was that close, albeit through some pretty thick glass!
The best part is that even when the weather is below freezing I can just plunk right down on the ground to watch them because the rock is heated! :)

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Very excellent. Man, it makes me really want to go to the zoo now.

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

The MN Zoo rocks, as does your photography. Those were awesome to see...especially moose and wolves.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

The weather was perfect for the wolves & tigers to be active-about 25 degrees! :) We were on the Northern trail for over an hour and saw less than a dozen people. You'll have to check out the zoo if you're back at all this summer. They are going to have an African Savannah exhibit. Giraffes!

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

Ooo ~ I went to the Omaha Zoo once, and I still remember the picture in my head of how gracefully I saw them running. It was a beautiful sight.

*crossing fingers* Maybe we'll get back this summer! That would be awesome.

[theatre-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ok...that's it! I must go there sometime! What wonderful pictures! Like the animals posed just for you!

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

I don't think they were posing as much as being shocked that human beings would be out in such weather! It was a bit chilly!

[mcbarnes1970.livejournal.com]

I love, LOVE, that last wolf photo. Awesome photos as always Sharon. (and your Christmas card is on the way)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is a handsome devil, isn't he? *grin* When he was born, he & his littermates increased the total world population of Mexican Grey Wolves by almost 3%! That's not a lotta wolves.

[scubagrrl.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! Snow is quite pretty and makes such a good backdrop for the animals. I remember the snow monkeys... we used to watch them. The wolves are beautiful. I forgot how much I like wolves. :)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

The snow monkeys bore me in the summer, but I like them in the winter...
I love the wolves & tigers & lemurs. Lemurs are a bitch to photograph though because they are inside the tropics trail.