Tag Archives: San Diego zoo

The ZOOm chronicles… part 8…

Posted on February 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Everybody loves polar bears… even bipolar bears… and look, this one is reenacting the movie poster for The Lion King, on her own Pride Rock! The thing is… (hello, thing, long time no see)… that I didn’t even have to … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 7…

Posted on February 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

The maned wolf… and not a bad picture, considering it was taken through a chain link fence. Chain link fences seem to confuse my camera now and then, especially with the zoom lens on. Sometimes it wants to focus only … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 6…

Posted on February 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

What is the correct angle from which to photograph two camels facing in two directions? I mean, a few steps one way or the other totally changes the picture. And getting both heads in focus is hard. Let’s look at … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 5…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Because everybody loves elephants… or edaphants, as little Olivia calls them… because she’s 2. On our most recent adventure to the San Diego zoo… sorry… the ‘world famous’ San Diego zoo… (the locals get mad if you leave off the … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 4…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Birds… The San Diego zoo has quite a lot of them. There are two huge walk-through aviaries, and numerous ponds and enclosures. And birds are pretty awesome… descendants of ancient reptiles that traded in their scales for feathers. And those … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 3…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

What the heck is that, I can hear you asking, a coconut with duck feet??? No, that is a duck with duck feet. It even has two of them, even though you are only seeing one of them, and the … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 2…

Posted on February 2, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Whenever I go to the zoo, I take a bunch of pictures, and then have to figure out what order to post them in. I try to save the most exciting animals for last… which, I guess, means that I … Continue reading →

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 1…

Posted on February 2, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Guess where I took Olivia today? What? No… I didn’t feed her to a freekin’ snow leopard… what is wrong with you? Would I do that to this kid? No, I would not. I did, however, take her to the … Continue reading →

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Even the tiger had to admit that Olivia’s ‘tiger face’ was better than his tiger face…

Posted on August 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

He was totally jealous… He was actually pacing back and forth at the top of the enclosure, smelling the fence. It turns out that he has a brother, and the zoo has been separating them  for part of the day, … Continue reading →

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You put your right foot in… you put your right foot out…

Posted on August 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

No! I didn’t say ‘shake it all about’ yet!!! Wait… which foot are we putting in first? Oh wow… cool nests… I wonder what kind of cute little birds built those? Great… devil birds… This is not going to end … Continue reading →

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