Yesterday, Darryl and I joined our friend, Jane, and met up with several members of our North Durham Photographers' Association for a day of shooting at the Metro Toronto Zoo. I've never been to the zoo in winter, but several people had told me it was an excellent time of the year to go - fewer crowds & the animals were more active.
Well, I guess the animals would have been more active if we could have seen them!
Although we paid full price to enter, in more than 3 hours, we saw only 3 different animals outside. We saw Sumatran Tigers (sleeping), Siberian Tigers and a Canadian River Otter. In the distance, down paths that were closed off, we saw deer and bison. That's it. There were more than 20 animals listed on a board at the entrance as off exhibit. What a disappointment. The weather was perfect for the morning and there were very few people there, so overall it was a good outing, but again, how very disappointing that so many animals were not on display.
Here's a sampling of what we did see (mostly indoors, where it was hot and muggy).
At the top of the page, is an Emerald Tree Boa.
This is a cattle egret, who shared an indoor exhibit with a tapir and the white rhino below as well as some Chinese ducks.
Sleeping beauty here is a Sumatran Tiger.
And this striking fellow was a Siberian Tiger, who was short a canine.
A Laughing (and dive-bombing) Kookaburra.
Jelly fish from the Great Barrier Reef exhibit.
Also from the Australian exhibit, an Australian Shoveler.
Last, but certainly not least, was this Canadian River Otter, the most engaging of all the creatures we saw yesterday.
- Paula
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