Tags: animals
Ok, I lied
I said I'd be back next week with the zoo shots... But I find myself with a day off, my car being worked on and I'm at the local coffee shop waiting for lunch with Michael. Might as well make a post since I'm here, right?
Right.
So today we'll look at the ring-tailed Lemurs. I haven't been able to get good shots of them the previous two times, cloudy days and too much movement. But not this day. They were posing and showing off and just having a good time.
Next week I'll finish up the zoo with some cats and a primate. Thanks for looking and have a fantastic weekend!
My little girl has such a big head...
On The Farm - Almost Invisible
Almost Invisible - 
Nosey FlyAlmost Invisible -
Peek - A - Boo, Blue Eyes
Hot Time In The Country - Today's Sunrise Burning
What Doesn't Belong?
I love going to the fair to see the animals. We saw horses, cows, chickens, rabbits, pigs, a two toed sloth, a kangaroo, lion cubs, a monkey, everyone knows what this is and a few other animals.
A BIT OF WHIMSY
This collection of shots for the most part seems a bit offbeat, but perhaps interesting enough for a smile or two.
Strawberry martini about to be attacked
You wanna' pet me? Do you feel lucky, well, do you, punk?
Attack of the Destroyer, signature hole #9 of the Navy Base Destroyer course.
My nephew got a new puppy for his birthday. 
MOOSE!!! Oops, Camel this time!
Little Backgound on me, I am a cable guy and I meet some really great people doing this job. Well a couple of months ago I was fixing someones cable and I had to go to their back yard to do some work. When I saw this CAMEL!! Well, I finished the work and asked if they minded if I brought my Kids who are my world ( not saying that lightly either.) These guys are my life, I also have a beautiful daughter who I will post later. But they are great. So since I adopted the new camera these guys have gone out with me every Sunday searchin and shootin. This past Sunday we went to the farm with the Camel and they also had Emu And a very friendly Donkey they had so many animals there, the boys had a blast! Well we left the farm and headed into lower New Hampshire and made many stops along the way. We found a small pond where we found a Frog just barely above water. Down the road I saw a fence that I liked Another Angle, further down the road we came up on a Covered Bridge and at this point my youngest son Donovan decided he had had enough of the car and it was time to Skateboard at the bridge He got some air on this Then he decided to be a Goofball for the camera! LOL Well that was a nice Sunday with the boys. If you notice, my oldest son Preston has inherited my older Sony Digital camera. He is getting quite interested in Photography. DESCRIPTION_HERE
Critters
My son and I went for a ride. He wanted to find something for me to take pictures of. Here is what we found:Lambs Peek a boo No bull Stare down Where did little Bo Peep go? Grazing What are you doing? Can jump fence! Stay in car!
Critters
More England photos to come, but first...these were taken a couple of weeks ago at the Jacksonville zoo. Wise-looking Chimp Lounging Lion Elephant
And one more that I meant to put in the Sea World post... Heron
Tropic World
Brookfield zoo has a 3 part indoor primate exhibit, which is very large and gives the animals a lot of room to be themselves. It is built like a huge pit and you walk a path around and look down for most of the views. It has a huge skylight which is the main source of light. It leaves alot of shadows and isn't always great for pics. I did manage to get these pictures the other day.1 2 3 4 5 6 Our Polar Bears are like our Chicago Bears...full of
attitude.
Bear With Me, Please
There is a bar very near our place up at Crivitz that puts out feed for the bears. I shot these pictures of them on Saturday June 3rd. Other than "Up The Tree", they were shot through the windows of the establishment. Therefore, you may notice reflections, and/or dirty windows. In "Up the Tree", you will see four silhouettes. Those are the cubs wa-a-a-ay up in the tree.It's rather amusing how this goes about. The bar owners put sunflower seeds in the cover of a fifty-five gallon drum that is on the ground.The sow and her four cubs eat from the cover. You can only see three, but believe me, there are four! After "mom" thinks the cubs have had enough, she sends them climbing. They get higher and higher until they are way Up the Tree. The sow then returns to the cover to eat. If she eats all that is on the cover and she hasn't had her fill, she walks to the tree that the cubs are in and stares at the door of the bar. At this point, Mabl, the bar owner, quickly goes out and puts more seeds on the cover and rushes back inside. (Isn't she the brave one?) Now "mom" returns to the feast, lies down and eats to her heart's content. When she has had her fill, she stands at the base of the tree that houses the cubs, "calls" them down and off they go.
From Yesterday
Purely for the Kazu On The Farm
This is what we saw:Fuzzies Sheep Barbed Wire Tractor Otis Otis and Kazu Posing This little piggy Lines Shoes Mmmmm... Rusty
Challenge plus
For the light challenge: Sun & Bird FeederAfter the rain.
Picking a favorite was really difficult, because I have favorites for different reasons, not so much because of good photography, but because of memories etc...so I decided to let my daughter pick for me and she said these three:
#1
#2
#3
Bonus; yesterday on my birdfeeder I saw an Indigo Bunting.Every picture I got of it was in the shade, I am going to try to catch it in the sun soon, to really show off the color.
I recently visited Lew Gardens in Orlando, this lizard was more then patient to allow me to get several up close shots
Nature Wild - Elk
Dee & I Just Got Back From A Weekend Trip To Elk County, Pennsylvania To Look For Wild Elk. We Spent All Day Saturday Looking And Spotting For Elk, Then By Late Afternoon Mother Nature Gave Us A Gift When I Spotted A Bull Elk Bedded Down In The Grass On A Hillside. Notice That The Elk Has Shed His Winter Coat And Is Also Growing New Velvet Covered Antlers. The Antlers Will Continue To Grow Untill Fall, Then The Bull Elk Will Rub All The Velvet Off His Antlers As The Rutting Season Begins. NATURE RULES!!! I Believe These Shots Will Also Qualify For The New Bi-Weekley Challenge, Natural Light.
Love - A Male Cardinal Feeds His More Door County - The Farm
My first trip to Door County was with my 9 year old, who enjoyed all the exploring we did (and put up with a lot of boring site-seeing), so I made sure we did something that she would enjoy. Despite the hot July day that it was, we ventured our way to a place in Sturgeon Bay called The Farm, where we wandered around the grounds checking out all the animals. Here are a few of my favorite pictures...
Birds
Bull
Bunny
Work horse
Curious Kid
Snorkles the Pig
My daughter feeds a donkey
it's Anheuser time!!!!
So we also spent part of Easter at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. It was very different going to the park with kids. Less rides, more shows. But lots of fun. What I loved were the vibrant colors. Take a peek at the photos and tell me what you think!
ahhhhh! watch out!! (yep, that's an arrow up there...)
definitely not gray and dreary
donkey with an identity crisis.. (thinks he's a Clydesdale horse, yep the one from the commercials)