Watching You

Andean Condor keeping an eye on the visitors.

Watching You

Andean Condor is till watching you, but with a bit more of an evil glint in the eye.

I plunged!

Penguin giving me lip (or beak) for not being able to complete the official Penguin Plunge this New Year's.

Yummy

Malayan Tiger eying the breakfast buffet, which in this case was a whole row of photographers enjoying her being up close and personal in her enclosure.

The Ears

Never really understood the naming of the Tasmanian Devil until I got these close-ups of the face and ears. And yes, those are overbite canines ready to rip you to shreds in that smile.

Tasmanian Devil

The reality version of the beloved cartoon character was being particularly generous with the photo ops this morning.

December Nights in Daylight

Randy (and the SDGMC) singing at the opening of the second Covid-alternative to San Diego's December Nights celebration, Tastes of December Nights.

December Nights in Daylight

Randy (and the SDGMC) singing at the opening of the second Covid-alternative to San Diego's December Nights celebration, Tastes of December Nights.

December Nights in Daylight

Randy (and the SDGMC) singing at the opening of the second Covid-alternative to San Diego's December Nights celebration, Tastes of December Nights.

Looking adorable

Red Panda (ailurus fulgens) giving the weekday morning crowd some love at the San Diego Zoo.

Ducks and Lilies

Balboa Park's Lily Pond showing some bright colors.

Draw me like one of your French gorillas

Woodland Gorilla trying to look demur for the holiday weekend tourists.

Red Panda on the Prowl

This guy was excited or agitated, pacing around his enclosure and giving a rare view of the red panda in motion. He was fast and agile. The keeper said he was new to San Diego, having only been transferred from another zoo two days prior, and if memory serves his name is Lucas.

Sleeping Red Panda

High in his tree, doing his best to hide from the photographers behind other foliage.

Malayan Tiger

This is what happens when the 1000-pound man-eating cat wants to ham it up and look scary for the holiday weekend tourists.

Snack Time

Elephant reaching for the high snacks.

Cavendish's Dik Dik

He's an adorable little antelope, but we still made all the stupid jokes as though we were twelve years old.

White-Throated Bee-Eater

I think there's been a misunderstanding - eat the honey, leave the bee.

Sly Little Wave

This was one of the few koalas awake this morning, and he seemed to be sneaking in a little wave.

Cheetah

Big cat spending some time lounging in the sun.

Egyptian Vulture

(neophron percnopterus).

Tease

After an hour and a half of teasing me throughout the morning walk at the zoo, this hummingbird finally posed for a rest in the Sloth Bear exhibit just at the maximum reach of my 300mm telephoto.

Sloth Bear

Mr. Sloth Bear (melursus ursinus) was not having any of the morning tourism during breakfast.

Amable in the morning sun

Amable, a 13-month-old hippopotamus, was enjoying the early morning sun.