Point Defiance Zoo

Last weekend I visited my parents in Tacoma, and we visited the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. It was lots of fun! The weather looked like it was going to be crappy, but it was actually just fine, so there weren't very many people there. We saw lots of cool animals - including the new seahorse exhibit in the aquarium, which was pretty awesome. I also tried out an old lens that my Dad pulled out of some hiding place. I took the following 4 pictures with it. It's a Sun Optics 80-240mm "Multi-Macro" f4. Kind of heavy, but the pictures turned out to be pretty good. I'll be taking it out again soon, I think.

Tiger Gaze

Tiger at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, WA.

It was an overcast day, and the tiger was hanging out in a sheltered spot. Later on it was out and about.

Tiger Gaze 2

The tiger was looking at us, while we were inside a different enclosed viewing area.

Owl Talk

This volunteer was out "walking the owl" and telling us about it. The owl had huge, beautiful orange eyes, and seemed to enjoy talking to the people around it. I like this shot in particular because they are both talking :-)

Muskox

This muskox was playing near the viewing area. It kept ramming the blue plastic tub in the lower right corner of the picture, and tried to pick ti up using the curved tips of its horns. It was really cool to see it playing, since they have always been so reserved when I have seen them in the past.