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Back to grabbing a few more photos from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted image taken on the same trip/outing, I will add it under today's photos.
"Gorgeous orchids growing in the new Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo, back on 24 November 2009. I love the way they glisten, and their patterns are always intriguing."
Tuesday, 19 April 2022. Winter has returned for the umpteenth time, bringing more snow today. Back to posting a few more images from my archives this evening. I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing.
"Actually, I'm not sure I had ever seen this Hooded Vulture at the Calgary Zoo before, so I was really happy to finally get a look at it.
"The Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus, is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Necrosyrtes.
It breeds in a stick nest in trees (often palms) in much of Africa south of the Sahara, laying one egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident. One of the smaller vultures of the old world with a length of 70cm and an average weight of 2.12kg (4lb 11oz)
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals and waste which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation, including waste tips and abattoirs. It often moves in flocks, and is very abundant. In much of its range, there are always several visible soaring in the sky at almost any time during the day.
This vulture is typically unafraid of humans, and frequently gathers around habitation. It is sometimes referred to as the “garbage collector” by locals.
The Hooded Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald pink head and a greyish “hood”. It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage. It has broad wings for soaring and short tail feathers. It is a small species compared to most vultures." From Wikipedia."
Back to grabbing a few more photos from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted image taken on the same trip/outing, I will add it under today's photos.
"This Veiled Chameleon's eyes kept swivelling around - really quite fascinating. I just imagined it could be somewhat annoying to have a Cricket crawling on ones head : ) Seen at the Calgary Zoo on 24 November 2009."
Dad experiments with making goo cake. Everyone thought it was yummy!
Refueling at Hess tonight in Jax, I paid $US 2.559 per gallon, or 67.3 US cents per litre (around 75-80 Australian cents/litre).
Mat <3's weed. I wonder if he'd add an apostrophe to loves as well.
I feel a little sorry for the chemist. This vinyl poster had gone up on an often graffitied wall and had been there for only a day before Mat left his mark.
