…..thanks to Snow for hosting Friendly Friday this week
The first thing I think of when I hear the work fake is ‘fake news’. I promise I’m NOT posting any of that. These are reproductions of famous art sculptures and wax dummies to fake Christmas trees.
…thanks Cee for hosting Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Stairs and steps. We see them everyday and usually take them for granted unless we have to climb up to get where we’re going.
….thanks to Son of a Beach for continuing the Which Way Photo Challenge
My pathways, roads, stairs and signs are all from the Toronto Zoo that I paid a visit to last week.
….thought I’d continue the theme with fish photos from the Toronto Zoo
….cold, grey and windy outside but warm and calm indoors
On Sunday, despite the forecast of high winds and rain, the Turners and I ventured to the Toronto Zoo. We had a lovely day and the rain never materialized to more than a mist and the high winds held off until we left.
One of my favourite places at the zoo is the Rain Forest Pavilion. For one thing it’s very dry and quite warm in there. It houses some beautiful greenery and some very interesting birds. One of the most interesting for me was the Hamerkop. This is a medium sized bird that lives in the wetlands of Madagascar, Africa and Arabia. It is famous for the large nests it likes to build and the one at the Toronto Zoo is no exception.
Homer is free to fly around the pavilion and the staff leave nesting materials lying around for him to build his dome shaped nest. These nests can be as big as 2 metres deep and 2 metres wide. Not only has Homer used the building materials that are left for him but he’s clearly found other objects, like mittens and pieces of paper to add to his structure.
Most of the other birds were kept in more enclosed areas to protect them from flying into the cold outside. They seemed pretty content with their surroundings where there were numerous trees, perches and resting areas.
Some birds were very happy to share a space with the resident rhinoceros .
….thanks to Lens-Artist Photo Challenge for this week’s theme
Yesterday I went to the Toronto Zoo and took my Panasonic Lumix camera with the wide angle lens. I had a little bit of difficulty with the settings but I did manage to get some interesting close-ups of some of the animals.
