Seneca Park Zoo Roadie

Amur tiger. (4/23/16)

Yesterday was the Seneca Park Zoo's annual Earth Day Celebration. After assisting my wife and her colleagues in setting up their exhibition table, I took advantage of the opportunity to wander to zoo exhibits just prior to opening. This gave me an unusual (for me) chance to linger over each habitat and snap a few pictures. At this time in the morning, it was still grey out, so the colors did not pop like they might have when I came back later in the day to assist with the break down. I did manage to take a few good pictures though... even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

Amur tiger. (4/23/16)

Gray wolf. (4/23/16)

Gray wolf. (4/23/16)

Gray wolf. (4/23/16)

Canada lynx. (4/23/16)

African lion. (4/23/16)

Unique exhibit observation area. (4/23/16)

Olive baboon. (4/23/16)

Olive baboon. (4/23/16)

Olive baboon. (4/23/16)

African elephant. (4/23/16)

African elephants. (4/23/16)

African elephant. (4/23/16)

Sandhill crane. (4/23/16)

Sandhill crane. (4/23/16)

Sandhill crane. (4/23/16)

Sandhill crane versus squirrel. (4/23/16)

Bald eagle. (4/23/16)

Bald eagle. (4/23/16)

Bald eagle. (4/23/16)

Snow geese. (4/23/16)

White rhino. (4/23/16)

White rhino. (4/23/16)

Snowy owl. (4/23/16)

Seneca Park Zoo: Static Characters

The Roseate spoonbill.
Continuing my sharing of pictures taken by my son and I during our recent trip to the Seneca Park Zoo, the theme of today's photos is (are?) "static characters." By static, I mean stationary or fixed. In English class we often discuss two types of characters one encounters when reading, static and dynamic. Dynamic characters are those that change during the course of the narrative, while those that are static remain set in their ways. These are photos of birds, reptiles and mammals simply sitting there...

An American alligator.

The White rhino

A cougar.

A bald eagle

Seneca Park Zoo: Pairs

One could spend the afternoon watching the African Black-footed penguins interact with one another...
My son and I took advantage of an activity free morning to take a trip to the Seneca Park Zoo. Of course, we also brought our camera with us. It would be fair to say that, though the animals we did see were beautiful, we were a little disappointed that there seemed to be fewer of them on display. Additionally, some of those that were (raccoon, turkey vulture) could have just as easily (and in a more natural environment) been seen about fifteen minutes east at his mother's house... like in the backyard digging through garbage and harassing mail carriers! We took many pictures, so I thought I would post them somewhat thematically, this first four being animals/birds in "pairs."

"Love" was in the air... no surprise that this "event" proved a popular photographic opportunity :)

These parrots were left in a carrier about ten feet off the ground--maybe for a "wild birds" show later in the mornining?

With the elephant exhibit "closed," the White rhinos were our best chance of seeing the larger mammals in action.