posts about zoo.
recently we were in knie’s kinderzoo in rapperswil. judging from the huge amount of families, apparently a very attractive destination. and from judging the kids, they seem to like it a lot. here are some impressions:
this weekend, the apv zo visited the wildpark bruderhaus in winterthur. the weather was great, and except for the lynxes, we saw all animals we planned to see: sika deer and fallow deer, european bisons, wild boars, red deer, przewalski’s horses and gray wolves.
yesterday, we visited the natur- and tierpark goldau. the weather was perfect, and we really enjoyed the visit. here are a few impressions:
in these photos, you can see red-crested pochards, whooper swans, syrian brown bears, european wolves, roe deer, wildcats, eurasian lynx and alpine ibexes.
when i read yesterday that today, two red panda cubs would be presented to the public, i decided to pay calgary zoo another visit. here are some impressions of the really cute two little ones:
after that, i decided to pay the dinosaur section another visit, since i heard that it was heavily updated. indeed, things changed. there were a lot new dinosaur models, looking much better, which were even animated – they move and roar.
even though, there are still some artifacts from the past available, and artifacts due to low water:
anyway. i guess i’ve seen enough of the dinosaur section. there are other, more interesting parts of the zoo to see :)
for the third time, i visited calgary’s zoo on this weekend. this time, i bought an annual pass, so i will go there a few more times this year. this is a very good opportunity to try out my new toy, a 400 mm telephoto lens.
red panda.
i began by visiting the red panda, watching him for quite a while.
siberian tiger.
after that, i went over to the siberian tigers.
black swan.
on some pond, a few black swans were floating.
snow leopard.
elephant.
an elephant, bathing himself with sand.
giraffe.
lion.
the lions were pretty sleepy. but at some point, one lion got up and walked around a bit.
grizzly bear.
the grizzly bear was sleepy as well, and so was the black bear which was more brown than black. but i got a nice paw shot
wolf.
the last times i was at the zoo, the wolves were rather sleepy. but this time, they were running around, playing, having fun. so i took the chance to take some pictures.
mountain goat.
miscellaneous.
some random impressions.
next, we did a trip to calgary’s zoo.
the zoo contains a dinosaur part, which i didn’t really commented on last time. it features a landscape which is supposed to look like back then, and a few dinosaur models. some of these models look really unrealistic, or more funny. the following photos also feature some of those:
last friday, i was visiting stuttgart’s wilhelma. here are some photos, taken before my camera died:
