Camera Critters and Bridging the Gap #7 (last day)

All of the bridges below are used by some sort of critter. The first three pictures were taken at the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

  

These last two were taken at the MN Zoo in Apple Valley, MN.

 

Bridging The Gap is hosted by Alice over at I Was Born2Cree8 all this week.  Please take a moment to stop by her blog for a visit and to find other participants.   I have thoroughly enjoyed this meme. Thank you so much Alice for devising it.

Camera Critters is hosted by Misty Dawn. Please take a moment to stop by her site to find other great posts involving critters.

Thank you all for stopping by.

Camera Critters

Joining Camera Critters for the first time today :)

Thank you Carletta at Round the Bend for the recommendation to join.

As I have mentioned previously in my blog, we went to the MN Zoo while on vacation this past June.  I took over 2000 pictures while on vacation and have been slowly going through them.  I love having a digital camera just because I can take so many and not worry about cost.  All it costs me is time to sort after I'm home.  Here is a small sampling from the World of Birds Show at the MN Zoo. 

These are in order of the show.  I've linked the pages from the show list for anyone who wants a quick primer on a particular bird.  That exercise helped me remember what each one was called.  As you can see through some of the pictures, I moved closer to the stage to get better pictures.  If I had a camera with better zoom, I could have stayed in the cool shade up at the top of the seating area.  Obviously close-ups became more important than comfort that hot summer day.  

As usual you can click on a picture to enlarge it.  I hope you enjoy the pictures. 

I missed the doves flying around the arena at the very beginning as we arrived just as the show was starting. 

Ducks....

Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Nearly albino Red Tailed Hawk

Named Pink Floyd

 

 

King Vulture

Peregine Falcon

Red JungleFowl

  

East African Crowned Crane 

Hyacnith Macaw

 Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot

 

Rose-breasted Cockatoo

 Bald Eagle

 

 

I am a definite fan of the World of Birds Show and the MN Zoo.  It was well worth the money and time.  I think I may try for a cooler day next time.  That day was boiling.

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Wordless Wednesday #6

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Explanation:
The orange tag is to help keep a count and was applied by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of MN. This particular pair were released from MN zoo last year(?) and returned to nest there this Spring/Summer.

Meerkats

Here are some meerkat pictures from my trips to the Assiniboine Zoo and MN Zoo. The meerkats in Winnipeg are indoors and the ones in MN Zoo are outdoors and behind glass thus the reflections in the photos (I'm not talented enough to get rid of them in editing).The first two pictures are from the Assiniboine Zoo and the rest are from MN Zoo.

U, V, W, X, Y & Z are for.....

I'm finally finishing this up. Sorry for taking so long.

(fonts are being goofy)

UND
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Grand Forks

Wild Turkey

First wild turkey we have seen since moving to MN 16 yrs ago. We see flocks of them back home in WI.

Young'uns

My kiddo (16) and my niece (18) right after her graduation in 2007. Oh to be that young again :)

X-Ray

Photo of my MRI x-ray
The date (yellow box, bottom right) 9/11/2001
Yep, moments after The Towers fell, I was stuck in a long tube.

Zoo Visit

Dolphin Show at MN Zoo

Kiddo horsing around after the show

Be sure to check out ">Quilldancer to find who else participated in the Alphabet project.

THANK FOR HOSTING THIS Quilly