Neil, the Alpaca, in profile.
Yoga stretch for a clouded leopard.
Hyacinth macaws morning grooming.
Morning nap for a clouded leopard cub.
Stretched out and sound asleep clouded leopard cub.
The Girls!
the gossips!
BFFs
A light dusting of dirt should keep the bugs away.
Drinking water in the most dainty way!
Splashing to stay cool and clean.
Grabbing a snack!
Miss Sita investigating.
Zen tapir.
Last Tuesday I went to the Nashville Zoo to, what else, take photos. The zoo is a beautiful natural resource of not only animals but plant life too.
Without a doubt my true intentions of going to the zoo this particular day was the chance of seeing the baby giraffe. She was born to Margarita the first week of November last year. Her dad is the sweet, Congo! There are loads of good information on her birth including a video on the Nashville Zoo website! A truly exciting time for the Nashville Zoo and the city of Nashville. I got to the zoo just in time on February 15th. At around 2:30 Suzasita came out in the yard with her mom and “auntie”; Congo was waiting for them. It was the first meeting of dad and daughter.
Suzasita smelling the fresh air in nature or maybe a treat from the keepers up on the rock.
The Nashville Zoo's male Masai giraffe, Congo has a darker coat than the girls.
Handsome portrait of Congo from the Nashville Zoo
Baby Suzasita and mom, Margarita making an appearance at the Nashville Zoo's beautiful, natural yard.
Masai Giraffe family study in black and white.
Baby giraffe with her mom and auntie in nature at the zoo.
Baby and dad giraffe at the Nashville zoo.
Suzasita's reaction to Congo checking to see who she is.
Stay tuned for my next post which will show some of Nashville Zoo’s plant life in winter.
And, almost forgot, in honor of Momma Margarita, I heard that today is National Margarita Day!! Woo HOO!!!!!
Check out the gallery, wild thing, at maryclairecrow.com to see one of my all time favorite photos of Congo!
Last week I took a trip to the Nashville Zoo. It had really been too long, two months since I had seen the little baby clouded leopards. They have gotten so big and the girl has already left for her new home at the National Zoo in Washington DC. She is going there to get acquainted with the baby clouded leopard cubs born this year as possible mates. So it is just Luke and Chet. I wonder if they miss their sister? Here are some photos of the cubs along with some of my other friends who were out enjoying the warm, autumn air one afternoon last week. Another interesting thing while I was at the zoo this particular afternoon: I witnessed three separate scuffles. Two meerkats were at it, two lorikeets were at it and two of the gibbons were at it.
Such a beautiful face.
Big...yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn.....prrrrrrrrr....
What's that I see over there?
Handsome profile!
The boys kept looking up... there was a squirrel tormenting them.
Relaxing.
This is from the creek that runs through the Gibbons exhibit. I like the reflections.
The meerkat.
Silly goat.
Gotee.
Mr. Giraffe.
Knobby knees.
I cannot remember the name of this bird, he/she is related to the roadrunner and makes a really cool coo sound.
This guy was beautiful when he spread his wings... too fast and I was too occupied with the thought of lorikeets running into me. 
Lorikeets.
Two more of one of the boys.