King of the vultures

This is the king vulture. It gets its name from being bigger than other vultures and badder. These guys will dominate a carcass scene even if there are others already present. The lesser vultures don't seem to mind, however, as the king vultures are strong enough to tear open what the smaller vultures cannot. Yum...

Gator done

I get to see plenty of these here.

mugshot

What a face!

Cara Cara

An awesome bird here with fantastic looks on its face. Apparently they can be found in Texas. Or at the zoo...

National bird

National bird here. Hard to think Ben Franklin wanted to choose the turkey over this. We'll be eating his suggestion soon enough! I guess that was early political mudslinging...

Nosy!

After the lorikeet woke up, it brought a friend over to visit me. They were awful 'friendly' little birds!

Slobbering giraffe

If you look closely, you can see the string of slobber from this giraffe. That tree must have had some good leaves on it!

Birdy birdy

This little lorikeet was sound asleep when I entered the aviary. Don't worry, it woke up soon enough...

Snake by the water

I haven't taken the time to figure out what kind of snake this was. It was pretty far away (my favorite kind of snake!).

Zoo Days

I took these photos at a nearby zoo. I wish I could say that I had stumbled across them in the wild but some of these photos I met get call out on. Giraffe, in my backyard? Ha!

What a strange idea the giraffe. They have the same amount of neck-bones that we do, they're only much longer. I've always enjoyed them.