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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Saturday Morning Walk - San Diego Zoo

I arrived at the Zoo right as they opened this morning. It was cool and completely overcast, very unusual for September in San Diego but great for photography. There was a harpy eagle on the stage right by the entrance, so I took advantage of the opportunity to get a shot of one of these without a fence in the way.




While I was waiting for a friend to arrive I wandered over to see what the flamingos were up to. They were all clustered over on one end of the habitat, and pretty excited about the food the keeper was putting out for them.




We spent some time at the tigers, then went down to the hippos, and got there just in time to catch little Funani leaving.




Just kidding. Actually, we did get to watch Funani and his mother swim around for a while. You can see a few more hippo pictures by following the link at the end of this post. We also spent a lot of time at the tigers, I'll put them and the fishing cat in a separate post.


This Malayan tapir has really blue eyes. She was a bit tough to get a good shot of since she was sitting right behind a piece of glass. You can find her on the Tiger Trail, partway between the fishing cats and the tiger, and almost right next door to the albino Burmese python.




When I first got to the polar bears it was so crowded I couldn't really even see the bear that was in the water right up against the glass. Then as I was walking away I found a spot that most people hadn't noticed, and got this great angle to shoot from. There is still a little glare from the glass I had to shoot though, but it wasn't too bad.






On my way out I stopped to get a shot of this Johnson's Crocodile.




Click here to see more pictures from the San Diego Zoo on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
     

1 comment:

  1. Nice and close on that Harpy eagle. The polar bear shots are wonderful. The first almost looks like there is a big ship in the glass reflection, neat! I never noticed the tapin having such notched up ears before. You sure make excellent images from your time at the zoo. I enjoyed these.

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