Tuesday, i went to the zoo. I had planned a meeting for 4. So, when i was looking at the Zoo's website for when they opened, i was disappointed that i'd made it, because it is open until 7:30 for the summer, and thought it might be fun to be there in the evening. So i hatched a cunning plan. I would go there in the morning, as originally planned, then after a handful of hours, i would come back home, have my meeting, have supper, and then go back to the zoo, for the last couple of hours.

My target was the new Tundra Domain. Got a much better look at the Arctic wolves in their new home (but what's going to end up in their old home in the Canadian Domain?).

Aboriginal interpretive trail. The plastic signage doesn't help, lol.

Snow goose.

Reindeer. Uh, why not caribou? The whole area is talking about Canadian native peoples, and here we have European animals? BACK TO MEXICO!

Snowy owl (smug bastard).

The new polar bear exhibit - missed you guys! I was disappointed there was no underwater viewing.

Right whale skeleton.

Comparative anatomy class ; identify the shoulder blade, humerus, ulna and radius, wrist bones and finger bones. After this i had a quick lunch (sadly, Harvey's), and read my camera manual to see if there was someway to keep the shutter open for an indefinite time.

As i walked back along the trail, i noticed there was indeed underwater viewing (i'd walked over top of it before). Yay!

Waiting patiently.

She got a fishy.

Your turn.

The two sisters - the third one is male.

I got a beavertail for dessert - she's painting butter on it, before rolling it in cinnamon and sugar.

I saw over the wetlands eating my beavertail. See the little froggy?

There was a real big one too, probably a different species.

Yak, where we get yakitori.

Butterfly garden, where i have never seen a butterfly, lol.

Red panda.

Both kinds of camels.

European reindeer.

Scimitar horned oryx.

Mmm... piney. Or firry, i dunno.

Ounce, or clouded 'leopard'.

Some kind of goat.

Emu.

Wallaby.

O hai!

WTF - i actually thought it was mother and baby - guess not.

Kangaroo - BIG!

He's annoyed he was interrupted.

After this, around 1:30, i left to go to my meeting and have supper.

"I LIKE TO SING-A, ABOUT THE MOON-A AND THE JUNE-A AND THE SPRING-A!"

I returned around 5:30, and it was great - parked really close, it wasn't as hot and hardly anyone was there.

Plus, i liked the late day sun, and the animals were more active.

Beaver.

Jaguar on a platter.

Spider monkeys, moving in a very spidery way.

Flamingos, and snow geese?

Otters rolling in the sun (for a change).

I'd covered the whole Americas and Eurasia area, and went on to a bit of Africa. I liked the sun coming through the woods here, but i don't think it comes across in the photo.

Hyena.

Caracal.

Things that make you go... hmmm....

"Somewherrrrrrrrre over the rainbow..."

The Thinker.

No babies, please.

He's hearing false info from a zoo guide, like how cheetahs have no immune system (they do, but they are highly inbred, so are vulnerable), or lose 90% of their kills (only 50%).

Peahen and peachicks - reminded me of Kevin.

Peahen and peacock. I'm on my way back to the Americas/Eurasia.

Carp - just stand on the bridge and they come to you expectiung to be fed.

Red panda again.

Amur tiger.

On Wednesday i'd wanted to photograph/see the Perseid meteor shower, 11pm-1am supposedly being the best time to see it. Ugh, ha ha. Well, my camera doesn't have a shutter release port like my old film camera did, and the max time is 15 secs, which is pretty lame. I skipped the camera part, but drove out to the countryside to have a look.

My original lookout point, in a parking lot beside a church, on a country road, was no good, because there was a light from the church, and too many homes. I drove east a bit, and found a lonely dead end side road, which i turned into and parked. No one came on the side road, but the country road was surprisingly busy. Plus, i was still close enough to Oshawa to have the west and southwest horizon be essentially useless from the glow. I was out there for about an hour and a half. I saw a handful of shooting stars, but not a 'shower'. Sometimes you can see a trail of smoke from its entry, which is weird, because it makes it seem close. I saw a lot more airplanes - guess it's the flight path to Montreal and Europe. Also, my eyes started playing tricks, like seeing a light, think it's moving, like maybe an airplane or local police copter, then realize it's not actually changing position, even if it looks like it's moving. WEIRD!

Not my photo, but more or less what it looks like.