Excellent captures of the woodpeckers and the hawk! I love that shot of the woodpecker flying with a snack in its bill. I’ve also been to San Diego zoo, and had a great time but felt many of the same feelings you write about.
As a kid, I've been to a petting zoo on Cape Cod (the emu bit me) but I've actually never been to a "real" zoo.
Once I was selected as a juror in a case wherein a patron sued the Staten Island Zoo. Each day, the judge dismissed us with the words "Don't come to any conclusions until you've had all the evidence. Don't discuss the case with you friends or family. Don't go to the zoo" 😂
After we ruled in favor of the defendents, Hizzoner thanked us and said "Now you CAN go to the zoo"...but honestly, I haven't been inclined to do so.
It's a small zoo out at the western end of the island ... all the animals are Quebec species and almost all of them are there because they cannot survive in the wild for various reasons. It's really splendid with a great educational outreach program ... though I am biased as I am on its board.
Excellent captures of the woodpeckers and the hawk! I love that shot of the woodpecker flying with a snack in its bill. I’ve also been to San Diego zoo, and had a great time but felt many of the same feelings you write about.
As a kid, I've been to a petting zoo on Cape Cod (the emu bit me) but I've actually never been to a "real" zoo.
Once I was selected as a juror in a case wherein a patron sued the Staten Island Zoo. Each day, the judge dismissed us with the words "Don't come to any conclusions until you've had all the evidence. Don't discuss the case with you friends or family. Don't go to the zoo" 😂
After we ruled in favor of the defendents, Hizzoner thanked us and said "Now you CAN go to the zoo"...but honestly, I haven't been inclined to do so.
That's funny!
You say "That, and demanding that animals be exotic for us to care about them is privileged and unpatriotic" but it doesn't have to be like that.
https://zooecomuseum.ca/en/
I've been to the Toronto Zoo, but not the Montreal! I'll have to visit next time. I enjoyed my trip to Montreal, and who doesn't want to see a Lynx?
It's a small zoo out at the western end of the island ... all the animals are Quebec species and almost all of them are there because they cannot survive in the wild for various reasons. It's really splendid with a great educational outreach program ... though I am biased as I am on its board.