Heather F
Rollerblading along the road
Discovered that a nice day in December is a great time to visit the zoo! Took out a year's membership this summer and so glad we did. It wasn't too crowded, it was a good few degrees above freezing so pleasant enough to be out and about without dressing warmly enough to die in the indoor pavilions, and many animals that would just be lounging in the shade in July were nice and active.
One of our two visiting Giant Pandas enthusiastically enjoying some bamboo:
Red Pandas, the cutest of all mammals. I'm pretty sure these are made by benevolent fairies giving magical life to teddy bears.
A couple of little charmers in the Australasia Pavilion that I hadn't seen before, so they may be new additions to the zoo, maybe from an aviary somewhere since they were out in the free flight area. The galah was content to stay up there and preen. The red tailed black cockatoo would wait for a bunch of folks to show up, then fly across to the other side of the pavilion and back. I'm pretty sure s/he was getting a kick out of showing off and startling the kids.
Baby penguins!
A 6 month old rare Burmese Star Tortoise, the first one successfully hatched in Canada's captive breeding program, likely to be eventually repatriated to Myanmar for reintroduction to the wild. In the meantime we can enjoy the tiny cutie.
Posing with an orangutan who likes a little people-watching with her naptime. I love her nest of blankies.
And last but not least, feeding time in the meerkat enclosure!
One of our two visiting Giant Pandas enthusiastically enjoying some bamboo:
Red Pandas, the cutest of all mammals. I'm pretty sure these are made by benevolent fairies giving magical life to teddy bears.
A couple of little charmers in the Australasia Pavilion that I hadn't seen before, so they may be new additions to the zoo, maybe from an aviary somewhere since they were out in the free flight area. The galah was content to stay up there and preen. The red tailed black cockatoo would wait for a bunch of folks to show up, then fly across to the other side of the pavilion and back. I'm pretty sure s/he was getting a kick out of showing off and startling the kids.
Baby penguins!
A 6 month old rare Burmese Star Tortoise, the first one successfully hatched in Canada's captive breeding program, likely to be eventually repatriated to Myanmar for reintroduction to the wild. In the meantime we can enjoy the tiny cutie.
Posing with an orangutan who likes a little people-watching with her naptime. I love her nest of blankies.
And last but not least, feeding time in the meerkat enclosure!