SCraig
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Just sharing a few more portraits from the Nashville Zoo. I've got some back problems and my doctor told me to try and walk it out. Walking around the zoo is as good a place as any :thumbup:
This young female Masai Giraffe was born in the zoo. If I remember right she is about 1-1/2 years old now. I don't know what the zoo staff puts on the trees for them to lick, but whatever it is they love it!
One of many Meerkats. I have no clue how many there are there, and I'm not convinced that the zoo staff does either. They have tunnels all over their paddock and a lot of them are down in the tunnels. The young are born in them and only come out until they are a few weeks old.
I was at the zoo last spring and saw several of the zoo staff running toward the Meerkat pen. There were about a dozen staff members there and I found out that three Meerkat pups had made their first appearance outside their den. There were 5 total, and I saw one of them come out for the first time in his life and take a look at the big, wide world outside his den.
Red Panda. I've never gotten a really satisfactory shot of this animal because he's either way up in a tree among the branches or leaves or pacing his pen. It's pretty shady there, I'm always shooting at a slow shutter speed, and his pacing does not help at all. This is about as good as I've gotten so far.
American Cougar. This is another I seldom get a decent shot of. As can be seen in the shot below the sun is behind his head. He sleeps on the same rock all day long and I swear it revolves because somehow the sun is ALWAYS behind his head. It's also far enough away that a flash doesn't help much.
This is a lousy shot but I thought it was cute. These two Cougar cubs are about a month old, or so I was told. They haven't been turned loose in the paddock yet but it can be seen in their looks that they would really, really like to get in there and play.
This young female Masai Giraffe was born in the zoo. If I remember right she is about 1-1/2 years old now. I don't know what the zoo staff puts on the trees for them to lick, but whatever it is they love it!
One of many Meerkats. I have no clue how many there are there, and I'm not convinced that the zoo staff does either. They have tunnels all over their paddock and a lot of them are down in the tunnels. The young are born in them and only come out until they are a few weeks old.
I was at the zoo last spring and saw several of the zoo staff running toward the Meerkat pen. There were about a dozen staff members there and I found out that three Meerkat pups had made their first appearance outside their den. There were 5 total, and I saw one of them come out for the first time in his life and take a look at the big, wide world outside his den.
Red Panda. I've never gotten a really satisfactory shot of this animal because he's either way up in a tree among the branches or leaves or pacing his pen. It's pretty shady there, I'm always shooting at a slow shutter speed, and his pacing does not help at all. This is about as good as I've gotten so far.
American Cougar. This is another I seldom get a decent shot of. As can be seen in the shot below the sun is behind his head. He sleeps on the same rock all day long and I swear it revolves because somehow the sun is ALWAYS behind his head. It's also far enough away that a flash doesn't help much.
This is a lousy shot but I thought it was cute. These two Cougar cubs are about a month old, or so I was told. They haven't been turned loose in the paddock yet but it can be seen in their looks that they would really, really like to get in there and play.
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