Saturday's Critters # 554

Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

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I have just two more days of Arizona photos, more critters for you to enjoy. These are from April 27th and the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson. It was a great zoo, I enjoyed seeing lots of wonderful animals and even some wild birds seen in and around the zoo.

1. The Chilean Flamingo, it is said these flamingos are in the decline. The disturbance of the nest and illegal taking of the eggs. Also water levels and climate change have an affect on these wild birds. 

2. The Chilean Flamingo exhibit was nice, they are lovely birds. 

3. In the Aviary, I saw two Sun Bitterns, Motmot, Roseate Spoonbill and a Black-necked Swan. There were lots of birds, flying around and very hard to capture with my camera.

The wild birds seen flying free at the zoo were the Vermilion Flycatcher, various hummingbirds, a raptor and the Black-crowned Night Heron. 

4. The young giraffe below born to Penelope (Penny) is named Moyo was born on January 15th and was the first giraffe born in the zoo in 24 years. The Reid Park Zoo is doing their part in saving animals from extinction. 

5. The young giraffe named Moyo with it's Mama Penny.  Moyo is the Swahili word for heart.

6. The Reid Park Zoo is committed to the conservation of endangered African elephants. The baby elephant's name is Meru, named after Tanzania's Mount Meru the 5th highest peak in Africa.

7. The baby elephant Meru was born March 8th 2024, weighing I assume a healthy  265 pounds. The baby elephant is well cared for by Mama Semba and big sisters Nandi and Penzi. 

8. A Meerkat portrait, adorable zoo critter. The Meerkat is a member of the mongoose family.

These are called Aldabra Tortoise, endemic to the island of Aldabra off the coast of Africa. 

The Lion reminded of Iris's Henry the lion. 

I will do a part two later sharing our visit to the Reid Park. I hope you enjoyed my critters.

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

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