another visit to the Zoo

Good Morning today I will share a few shots from another visit tot he Zoo here in New Bedford this year I am making more use of the season ticket I bought than I have in previous years

The Buttonwood Park Zoo, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, is a seven-acre zoo located in the center of Buttonwood Park. It is owned and operated by the City of New Bedford, with the support of the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society. The zoo opened in 1894 as a deer park and menagerie

The Buttonwood Park Zoo, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a zoo located in the center of Buttonwood Park. Opened in 1894, it is the third-oldest zoo in New England and the 12th-oldest zoo in the United States. Located on a 7 acres (2.8 ha) campus, the zoo is owned and operated by the City of New Bedford, with the support of the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society. It is located on part of the Buttonwood Park Historic District, and federally designated on the National Register of Historic Places.

The zoo is home to more 250 different animals made up of more than 80 different species of animals, including many that are rare and endangered

startin with a shot of one of the Bison, there easier to get shots of than many of the other animals as there in a open area with a smallish fence so easy able to get photos of without shottign through wires of cages

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and another shot of one of the Sand Hill cranes in the same open area

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and a what I think is a Canadian Lynx having some chill out time

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one of the grand old elpe=hants playing shy hiding behind a big boulder

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and I think this is one of the beavers

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And that’s all folks

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