July 6, 2013: At the Island and in Alexandria Bay

 Spider on the island (Wolf Spider?)

At the Alexandria Bay "Aqua Zoo"

January 12, 2013: Syracuse Zoo

We enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather today with a day trip to the Syracuse Zoo

First some acquatic scenes from the zoo:

Birds at the zoo:

 Kookabura

 Swimming Penguin

 Above and Below: Caspian Tern

 A shiny pigeon (not sure what kind)

 not sure what duck this is

 Above and Below: Ferruginous Duck

 American Flamingo

 Various Fowl

 Common Goldeneye

 Kookabura

 Military Macaw

 Close up of a Peacock

 Smew

 Snow Goose

 Tundra Swan

 Above and Below:  Wood Duck

Various mammals at the zoo:

 Donkey

 Lion

Bighorn Sheep

April 12, 2012: Pittsburgh Zoo and Carnegie Museum of Natural History

On our way to the zoo:

Pittsburgh Zoo:

White Throated Sparrow outside the zoo grounds

Carnegie Museum of Natural History had a beautiful collection of bird and bug mounts: