First I met with Rick, the San Diego Zoo Ambassador, to talk about his interest in one of my pictures. Then I walked around taking pictures, with an emphasis on the gorillas because of yesterday’s passing of 45-year old Alvila.
Category: Fauna
Sep 19 2010
Not Lost Cats
We had a vigorous knock at our front door today with no one there when we opened it. Our neighbors were in the street walking feverishly with cell phones trying to find the eight cats they said got out through a window that was left open. Soon afterwards they came back and said they found five …
Sep 16 2010
Galapagos Tortoise Exhibit Grand Re-Opening – Post #200
Spent the morning at the San Diego Zoo with Heather for the grand re-opening of the Galapagos Tortoise exhibit. Got to pet and feed a couple of the tortoises. Also talked to Rick Shwartz who will be in charge of the Tweet-up on Saturday. Also got to pet a Ball Python. Ran into Steve Ristaino …
Sep 14 2010
Relocation Of Two Monarch Larvae
Transferred our last two Monarch larvae across the street to Betty’s house since our milkweeds had no more leaves for them to eat.
Sep 13 2010
Three New Monarch Larvae
Got some shots of three Monarch larvae I found in the backyard.
Sep 11 2010
Our Hummingbirds
Finally worked on and uploaded some of my Hummingbird photos to Flickr and Facebook.
Sep 10 2010
Sand Tiger Sharks At SeaWorld
Uploaded three Sand Tiger Shark photos from SeaWorld San Diego to Flickr.
Sep 09 2010
Another Walk At SeaWorld And A Shamu Show
Walked around SeaWorld again with my mom and this time stayed for the Shamu Show to get some new pictures. Also got pictures of a couple of Beluga Whales, a Polar Bear, a Walrus, two Egret chicks, a couple of Rabbits, three Sea Turtles and two Sunflower Stars together.
Sep 07 2010
Sumar, Killer Whale Dies At Seaworld
Now all the signs I saw at SeaWorld this morning make sense. The Skywalks being chained off. All the trainers congregating in one area with a large net. Barricades going up behind us as we walked past Shamu Stadium. And them announcing over the PA system that the 12:30 Shamu Show was being canceled. Bad …
Sep 07 2010
One Lap Around SeaWorld
Walked around SeaWorld once with my mom today. Watched a couple of Killer Whales being trained. Little did we know that two hours after we watched them one of the Killer Whales, Sumar, would die.
Sep 06 2010
Triple The Bad News
First my mom told me that she got an email from her nephew saying that her brother, Öcsi, who is in the hospital, doesn’t recognize his own son any more. Ten minutes later she got a visit from our neighbor’s daughter saying that her dad, Nick, has maybe only two days left if we want …
Sep 04 2010
Close-up Shots Of A Huntsman Spider
Got some good macro shots of a large Huntsman Spider that Rodrigo caught crawling up a lamp pole inside their house.
Sep 01 2010
Full Day At SeaWorld San Diego
Spent the entire day at SeaWorld here in San Diego with the Cassins, Sylvia, Deaglan, Courtney and for short while my mother as well.
Aug 27 2010
Elephant Rush
Watched the 11:00am elephant rush at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park on the elephant webcam.
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