One of the great things about being retired is you really have a lot of time to do what you want to do. The other day I wanted to go to the zoo so I just went. The best time to go to the zoo is after school starts in the fall and during the week.

Notice the long line at the entrance. Not!! Zoo staff outnumbered visitors that day.

The first thing I did of course was go find a geocache. It involved the base of that rotating sculpture behind me. It was an earthcache so there were not a physical cache to find, I had to answer questions about the base. It took me a while but I think I got it.

And I passed by one of the pollinator gardens in the zoo. I spotted this Gulf Fritillary butterfly. What a beauty.

And this pipestone swallowtail.

And this hummingbird. I don’t know what kind and AI wasn’t sure. So if you know what kind it is please let me know in the comments. (Goes for any of the information in this post, let me know if I am wrong.)

From there I went to see the elephants. They are all Asiatic elephants. Elephants in zoos is very controversial. I get it.

And a komodo dragon.

And a kangaroo resting in the shade.

A pair of bald eagles.

A fuzzy photo of snow leopards chilling out.

An alligator floating in the water.

And a quartet of grey headed silverbills.

I took some short videos of other critters and then had my iphone stitch them together. The resulting clip is only 37 second long. Check it out if you have the time.

I loved my trip to the Tulsa Zoo. Do you like zoos? I love them.

I am linking with Saturday’s Critters.