Zoo pictures

The ruptured disc/pinched nerve took a lot of things from me. Including my stamina, and my ability to carry a heavy camera around. Consequently, my zoo membership expired because I was no longer up to carrying around the Jedi camera. And only the Jedi camera would do. Just after Christmas, I returned to the zoo, renewed my membership, and took pictures! Bighorn sheep

The Rocky Mountain goats don't normally get this close to the viewers.
 Sometimes I just want to give them a good brushing. :-) Oh deer.

I hadn't seen the lions in a long time - their area was under renovation before. I walked over and saw this big fellow walking around, another rarity. One of the keeps was close by, and he decided to see if it was lunch time, I think.

When I first looked at the photos on my computer, after downloading, I said "Holy crap money shot!" when I saw this:
 
 That is one BIG cat!

 I spent a lot of time just tracking the lions around their enclosure and getting what shots I could.














Eventually the lions turned their backs on the cameras and I wandered around.

 I adore red pandas.



Big pink yawn!