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Autumn at the Central Park Zoo November 6, 2011

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Eastern standard time brings shorter Central Park Zoo hours.  The zoo is now open daily from 10:00 to 4:30 until March 30th.  Reminder: Next Sunday’s photo worksop for teens still has a few openings.  Click here to sign up your favorite teenager. Fun and education are guaranteed.

Today’s photo visit to the Central Park Zoo introduces you to one of our new white-naped cranes, two Philippine ducks and a Texas Tortoise.  Also find a gila monster, pink-eared ducks, emerald starling, poison dart frog,  two snow monkeys, two muntjacs, a Rajah duck, snow leopard and more.

Pumpkin Fun at the Central Park Zoo October 30, 2011

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Last Sunday’s Fall Photo Workshop at the Central Park Zoo was terrific. A good time was had by all. Below are some of the shots I took while enjoying the pumpkin enrichment for some of CPZ’s residents.

Know a teenager that likes photography?  There are still a few spaces left in my workshop called Be a Wildlife Photographer! for teens at the Central Park Zoo on Sunday, November 13, from 9 to 10:30.  You can sign up on line here.

I shot this video last week while watching our playful Banded Mongoose ravage their pumpkin. Happy Halloween!

San Francisco Zoo October 23, 2011

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Last week found us on the West Coast visiting family.  A trip to the terrific, ever growing San Francisco Zoo is always on a West Coast agenda. Enjoy some of my photos below.

Today is my fall photography workshop at the Central Park Zoo.  The class is sold out and should be lots of fun — think pumpkins.

There are lots of other fun and interesting classes going on at the zoo through March.  For instance, on Saturday, November 5th, our terrific Vet Tech is giving a class on what it is like to take care of all of the animals in the zoo.  Check it out and the other classes here.

Watch as gorilla Baby Hasani tries desperately to get one of the other gorillas to play with him. Shot on June 5, 2010

Jaguar Cub at the Philadelphia Zoo October 16, 2011

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Last weekend found us traveling south to the always enchanting, Philadelphia Zoo.  They have had a delightful baby boom.  We only got to see the adorable jaguar cub but that was plenty of cuteness for one trip.  We will return soon.  Check out my video of Baby girl Batu, born in October of 2009, at three months old. Her mother is called Tua and father is named Sugi.

Fall Fun at the Central Park Zoo October 9, 2011

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Fall fun for all at the Central Park Zoo.  This week’s photo montage features some of our beautiful mammals.  Check out Gus, our polar bear, Amaya, one of our red pandas, a snow leopard, one of our three coatis, a sea lion, snow monkey, cavies and a mound of banded mongooses. Also included is our fast growing Baby Irene Hope, born during Hurricane Irene and Oliver, one of our pot-bellied pigs. Those sensational ducks are rajahs, pink-eared and harlequin. Come visit!

Six Flags Wild Safari October 2, 2011

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Nothing says fun like a day being surrounded by fabulous animals and being able to get up close and personal with them.  We spent an unforgettable day at Six Flags Wild Safari in Jackson NJ, took more photos than ever and smiled for hours afterwards.  I highly recommend this experience for one and all.

Want to bring your camera and get up-close to animals at the Central Park Zoo?  There are only three spaces available for my Fall Foliage Photography Workshop  at the Central Park Zoo on October 23, 2012.  Sign up – it will be fun. The last part of the workshop will find us going to the Apple store for some fun lessons in editing from their resident genius gang.

Rainy Zoo Day Fun September 25, 2011

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So what do you do ‘while at the zoo’ when it is pouring outside?  I spent lots of time in the Central Park Zoo’s Tropical Aviary. Without bias I can honestly say that it is the best tropical aviary of any that I have seen of all of the zoos I have visited.  It is a delight of color, sounds and flight.

In today’s montage you can spot our fledged Scarlet Ibis chick in the second row on the left.  The video below spotlights some Scarlet Ibis chicks that I saw at the Bronx Zoo in 2007.

Want to take some photos like the ones you see below?  There are a few spaces available for my Fall Foliage Photography Workshop  at the Central Park Zoo on October 23, 2012.  Sign up – it will be fun. The last part of the workshop will find us going to the Apple store for some fun lessons in editing from their resident genius gang.

Penguin Molt at the Central Park Zoo September 18, 2011

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This is penguin molting season at the Central Park Zoo.  Feathers, feathers and more feathers.  In a few weeks it will be all over and they will be soaring through the water once again. Come visit!

There are only seven spaces available for my Fall Foliage Photography Workshop at the Central Park Zoo on October 23, 2012.  Dont’ be left out in the falling leaves.  Sign up – it will be fun. The last part of the workshop will find us going to the Apple store for some fun lessons in editing from their resident genius gang.

After molting season is over you can watch the King, Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins swim for their fish at the Central Park Zoo: 

Central Park Zoo Babies September 11, 2011

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I thought sharing some photos of adorable baby animals residing at the Central Park Zoo would give you a much needed smile on this most difficult of anniversary days. Smile at our baby banded mongooses, baby Patagonian cavy, Baby Irene Hope (the lamb born during Hurricane Irene), a Nicobar Pigeon chick, a young Red Panda, a very wet snow monkey, two gorgeous snow leopards and a very fast growing scarlet Ibis chick.

Check out the Fall/Winter Programs being offered at the Central Park Zoo including four of my photography workshops. You can also now register on line.

Watch 16 month old snow monkey Zeppy playing in the water in the fall of 2008 at the Central Park Zoo.

Prospect Park Zoo – September September 4, 2011

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A visit to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo is always fun.  Their collection of animals grows each month.  Check out the adorable baby golden lion tamarin born July 16th, to first time parents, Pablo and Teodora.  Pablo, was born in 2004 and came to The Prospect Park Zoo from Zoo Atlanta. Teodora, was born at the Baton Rouge Zoo in 2008. Their pairing was a recommended breeding match through the national Species Survival Plan, a program that works to ensure the genetic diversity of endangered species in zoos and aquariums.
The red-eye tree frog was awake and energetic, as were the two tufted deer juveniles, meerkats, hornbills, stork, sea lions and more.

No doubt you have heard the story of the Central Park Zoo‘s little bundle of joy born during the weekend of Hurricane Irene.  She has been named Irene Hope.  Check out her cuteness: