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Monday afternoon I went to the Bronx Zoo by myself: it was a gray, chilly day, and as I was walking from the bus to the zoo entrance it started to snow.
There were very few people there. I spent a long time at the tiger exhibit, which I had largely to myself. There are few things cuter than two tigers curled up next to each other on the same rock, but a third tiger trying to insinuate itself between them qualifies. (The zoo currently has four Siberian tigers: three year-old cubs and their mother.)
I also looked at the white-naped cranes, one of which was sitting on a nest; bison (11, all lying down in the more visible front part of their enclosure); and the Pere David deer. Relatively few animals were out, and I didn't stay very long, but it was a nice outing.
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cattitude and I went to the zoo together. It was bright and sunny, and significantly warmer, so a lot more animals were out and about; between that and spring break for the local schools, the zoo was also a lot more crowded (though nothing like as full as in summer, or even a weekend in May). On the way in, we asked if the okapis were out, and the cashier told us that it's still too cold, maybe next week.
Since what I'd wanted to see today was basically "Monday plus okapis," I went back to a lot of the same exhibits.
The tigers weren't as active, or as cute, as they had been on Monday, but they were well worth watching, and looked even better in the sunlight. On Monday I took some pictures with my iPod, but suspect none of them are worth trying to massage; today I brought my camera, but haven't copied the photos to this computer. There were a couple of dozen other people at the tiger exhibit today, but still few enough that we got a good look and I didn't feel as though I was being selfish for staying there as long as I wanted.
The cranes were even more fun than on Monday: we spent a while there watching them (and a muskrat on the bank), went across to the snow leopards, and then came back. On our second visit the female crane got up long enough that we could see that she is sitting on two eggs; she rearranged them and the straw around them slightly, then folded herself up again, beak resting on her back.
We also had fun watching the rhinos (in what used to be the elephant enclosure next to Zoo Center).
Sometime in the past four days, a flock of red-winged blackbirds have arrived, and are singing loudly in the trees and shrubs next to the Northern Ponds waterfowl exhibit. There are also a lot of wood ducks this spring.
There were very few people there. I spent a long time at the tiger exhibit, which I had largely to myself. There are few things cuter than two tigers curled up next to each other on the same rock, but a third tiger trying to insinuate itself between them qualifies. (The zoo currently has four Siberian tigers: three year-old cubs and their mother.)
I also looked at the white-naped cranes, one of which was sitting on a nest; bison (11, all lying down in the more visible front part of their enclosure); and the Pere David deer. Relatively few animals were out, and I didn't stay very long, but it was a nice outing.
Today,
cattitude and I went to the zoo together. It was bright and sunny, and significantly warmer, so a lot more animals were out and about; between that and spring break for the local schools, the zoo was also a lot more crowded (though nothing like as full as in summer, or even a weekend in May). On the way in, we asked if the okapis were out, and the cashier told us that it's still too cold, maybe next week.Since what I'd wanted to see today was basically "Monday plus okapis," I went back to a lot of the same exhibits.
The tigers weren't as active, or as cute, as they had been on Monday, but they were well worth watching, and looked even better in the sunlight. On Monday I took some pictures with my iPod, but suspect none of them are worth trying to massage; today I brought my camera, but haven't copied the photos to this computer. There were a couple of dozen other people at the tiger exhibit today, but still few enough that we got a good look and I didn't feel as though I was being selfish for staying there as long as I wanted.
The cranes were even more fun than on Monday: we spent a while there watching them (and a muskrat on the bank), went across to the snow leopards, and then came back. On our second visit the female crane got up long enough that we could see that she is sitting on two eggs; she rearranged them and the straw around them slightly, then folded herself up again, beak resting on her back.
We also had fun watching the rhinos (in what used to be the elephant enclosure next to Zoo Center).
Sometime in the past four days, a flock of red-winged blackbirds have arrived, and are singing loudly in the trees and shrubs next to the Northern Ponds waterfowl exhibit. There are also a lot of wood ducks this spring.
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