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!
Before heading out to the zoo, I took pictures of clover. Because I was in love with all the greenness of San Diego.
