Last Saturday afternoon, DnA decided to take Biddles for her first visit to the Zoo….

Here's Madam looking around regally at the sights, in her mother's baby sling: We saw the Malyan Sun Bear: the Prairie Dog (which reminds me, did the designated one see its shadow or not? We are still having a cold front...) The Sea Lions were posing magnificiently: So did the Black-necked Swans: the male Takin was majestic: here's my post about the mother and baby Takin A Bactrian Camel turned up its nose snottily at us: And in the water, a turtle was making a diamond of its refelection: The leopard was disinterested... and the Lioness yawned so wide that the lion could see her lunch! I loved the slogan for the Zoo campaign to adopt a big cat (we have a similar campaign at the Bannerghatta Zoo, too.) I decided to walk back while the others drove home, and looked at the wild birds around the semi-frozen Des Peres creek. I loved the water drops glistening on the back of this Canada Goose: How appropriate that a brand of raincoats in my youth was called "Duckback"! :) A Mallard couple swam past happily: There were a lot of Gulls on the water, here's one hoping for fish: And a Raven was eating what was left of a gull's catch: This bridge over the creek, near one of the golf courses, looked lovely: A Wood Duck looked quite artificial....until it flew off! In the trees, this Red-headed Woodpecker was pecking itself either a nest, or a meal:

I wandered back home, catching the weak winter sun and thinking of <LJ user=”asakiyume” on the way:

I’m lucky that DnA’s home is just about 3 km from the Zoo…the Zoo occupies the north-eastern corner of Forest Park.