Duck, Duck, Goose! May 24, 2020
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: baby animals, ducklings, goslings, photography, waterfowl, wildlife, zoo babies, Zoos
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This is day 74 of my staying home during the COVID19 pandemic. Trying to keep healthy, upbeat and busy is a daily challenge. Looking at baby animal photos always makes me smile so I share with you today some of the adorable ducklings and goslings that were born and raised at my home base, the Central Park Zoo over the past few years. Hope they put a smile on your face too.I had the honor and joy of documenting these delightful little ones. Since some of you will ask, here are the names of the species featured today. Ducklings: Baers Pochard, Falcated, Pink-eared, Long-Tailed, Marbled Teal, Pacific Common eider, Red-breatsed Merganser, Smew, Harlequin, Ruddy, Garganey, Scaly-sided, Argentine Ruddy, Black, Barrows and Mandarin. Goslings: Swan and Emperor Goose. To my bird nerd friends out there – I might have missed naming a few. Mea culpa in advance. Stay healthy please.
Sitting Ducks September 10, 2017
Posted by judylobo in Traveling.Tags: baby animals, Baers Pochard, Central Park Zoo, Chinese Mandarins, Falcated, Harlequins, Long-tailed, Marbled Teal, Philippine, photography, Pink-eared, Pygmy geese, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ruddy shelducks, Scaly sided Mergansers, Sea Ducks, sitting ducks, Spectacled and Common Eiders, waterfowl, White-headed
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The term ‘sitting ducks’ is usually not taken literally – but here you go. For those that ask me to identify my photos the following ducks are featured today. Chinese Mandarins, Spectacled and Common Eiders, Red-breasted Mergansers, Harlequins, Marbled Teal, White-headed, Pink-eared, Falcated, Philippine, Ruddy shelducks, Long-tailed, Scaly sided Mergansers, Pygmy geese (really ducks) and Baer’s Pochard. All of these photos were taken at the Central Park Zoo and the mature ducks can be seen today at the Zoo.
Pinola Aviary, Shreveport Louisiana April 2, 2016
Posted by judylobo in Traveling.Tags: photography, Pinola Aviary, Shreveport LA, travel, waterfowl, wildlife, zoocation
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We spent an extraordinary day at the amazing Pinola Aviary located near Shreveport, Louisiana. It is a private aviary containing 300 species of birds Primarily producing waterfowl, they encourage each bird to reproduce and also distribute their surplus birds to other qualified private, public and institutional aviaries and zoological parks.The purpose of this facility is the captive preservation and propagation of birds, not display, therefore the facility is closed to the public. A huge shout out to Jacob and Jessica for hosting our visit and to Marc for allowing me to tag along. 
While at the Zoo 