LIFE'S A BEACH!

chabba

The question Lisa is "What did you say to him?"

SoCalLisa

you may be right

SoCalLisa

This guy is keeping watch over us

BarbaraA

Are those meercats?

BarbaraA

No, not meercats. These are meercats.

SoCalLisa

they are I believe Barbara...but well fed ones..

I wish I had seen that series ..

konakat

I loved Meerkat Manor.  Did I cry when Flower died, and Mozart.  Sean Bean was hilarious as the narrator.  I didn't like the woman who narrated the last season though.  And the ads for the show, especially the one that had the song Bad Girls with clips of the female meerkats turning to look into the camera.

coonie

((((((Beachies))))))

I'm SO sorry to hear about Curlique

MissBianca

I love your pictures, Lisa. Birds are so beautiful, aren't they. Is that the aviary at the SD Zoo? Out here in the countryside outside of Nashville, there are turkey vultures and buzzards. Being from SoCal, I never saw them around, so I am always fascinated by them, and their impressive size. In the wintertime, when the trees are bare, you can see their huge nests. They are the clean up crew for roadkill, as there is a lot of wildlife here.

Last spring, when I had a little break from treatment, I took my son to the zoo. Every year, they have an Easter egg hunt, as well as an egg hunt for the animals. On the way there, I saw a small flock of buzzards (or vultures?) under a beautifully blooming tree. The juxtaposition of the end of life and the renewal of it reflected in the blooms caught my eye, and I pulled over to take some photos.

Later on at the zoo that day, I saw a meerkat's head stuck in an Easter egg. The zookeeper finally came and freed him, but it was sweet to see the other meerkats very concerned. They are so highly social. I loved Meerkat Manor. Who knew all that drama went on with these little guys?

   

 

SoCalLisa

so glad they could help that little guy..wow..

love the tree with blossoms even with the big old birds...

Yes, some pictures were in the aviary..neat place but the birds

sure don't like to have their photos taken..

MissBianca

The San Diego Zoo is spectacular. You are so lucky you live close by. The last time I went, my son was a toddler, and very wild. I had to keep him in his stroller, or he would run off. I was bummed out I didn't get to see the giant panda bears, because the line was too long, and he didn't understand the waiting part. I did watch the zoo cam on the internet though, and the birth of one of the pandas there.

faithandfifty

Have had such a great day.

Good to stop thru at the end and see so many dear friends.

xx00xx00xx00xx

SoCalLisa

this is for you faith, I know you like lions

SoCalLisa

this is for me

3jaysmom

you guys always have grreat pics!thanks, lisa....

SoCalLisa

those koalas sure sleep alot

chrissyb

Lisa, they sleep a lot because they are high on the eucalyptus toxins and the leaves they eat have very little nutrition ergo not a lot of energy produced.

A little bit of beach for all.

barbe1958

Wow! I did not know that Chrissy! Thanks. That just might be a "Million Dollar" question one day and now I know! hehehehehehheeh I love hearing stuff like that.

At our local zoo in Elmvale (not the big Toronto one) I was taking pictures in the spring and met a tech with one of the baby lions. I got to pat him. They are NOT soft like you'd think! Very bristly, not cuddly at all. She said they have to play with them for hours a day until they get too strong. Then back into the cage where they will interact with each other.

Marple

Poor Koalas, I wonder why they don't eat something else.  This was posted by a Dusty Bun on the Housekeeping thread.  These bunnies seem to have the right idea.

Eph3_12

haha-with my eyesight & size of the picture looks like those bunnies are eating some Acapulco Gold! One of them might be Cheech & the other Chong? 

MissBianca

 

SoCalLisa

bird eat even less, but this guy does not look real

Eph3_12

You're right-he looks fake!

SoCalLisa

they are the cutest ducks really..but they sleep most afternoons

Eph3_12

What kind of duck is he?  We have a wildlife rehab place about 40 miles from here called Wildlife Images.  There is a pond there where ducks & geese come in and hang out.  I think I've seen those kind there, but not certain.

SoCalLisa

they are called mandarin ducks...I know we have some wild here

but I don't know where else..we do have them at the zoo too

chabba

Crab boats.  Ahhh, tis the season.

SoCalLisa

yipee

chabba

Dungenes of course.

chabba

Dungenes of course.