Western Lowland Gorilla

One of the female western lowland gorillas.  Not as good a shot as the others because of the obvious nature of the man made habitat, but oh well, I felt the gorillas needed fair representation here. Picture taken with Canon 350D, EF-s 18-135mm lens @ SEL 18-200mm lens @ 85mm,… Continue reading

Grevy’s zebras

Two of the three or four Grevy’s zebras that reside at the zoo with their little Mohawk manes.  Pretty standard really, except that we call just call them Zebra’s and don’t care what variety they are. Picture taken with Sony a6000, SEL 18-200mm lens @ 200mm, f/11, 1/15 sec, ISO… Continue reading

Sichuan Takin

The second most infamous zoo animal (according to me) the Sichuan Takin.  Noted mainly for being a giant goat with very oily fur.  Other than that, I’m not sure what’s really special about it – it doesn’t exactly look like it would make a good pet. Picture taken with Pentax… Continue reading

Chilean Flamingos

Flamingos… Chilean Flamingos. I didn’t know there were multiple kinds.  Apparently the Lincoln Park zookeepers are aware of the special diet they need to keep their plumage nice and bright.  If I recall, this was taken on a pretty dull, overcast day which was probably good for limiting the contrast… Continue reading

Amur (Siberian) Tiger

OK – Thanksgiving and the shopping holiday are over,  back to normal.  Here’s one of the zoo’s amur tigers, which apparently used to be called Siberian tigers but the name was changed to better reflect their natural range. Picture taken with Canon 60D, EF 70-300mm lens @ 235mm, f/5.6, 1/80… Continue reading

Baringo Giraffe

Happy Thanksgiving!  I couldn’t put my finger on a picture of a turkey, so instead you get another (previous one posted quite a while ago) shot of a giraffe – a Barinog Giraffe to be specific, though I was not aware there were distinctions prior to just now.  I’m not sure… Continue reading