Tiger Cubs at OKC Zoo

The Oklahoma City Zoo has 4 new tiger cubs.  They were born July 9th, 2011, 3 females and 1 male.

This is Momma, her name is Suriya.  She is watching over her cubs. 

The cubs were behind a fence so it is in most of the pictures.  They look large but they are about the size of a German Shepherd dog. For a tiger that is still pretty small.

The male was named Leonidus.  The 3 females were named Leeloo, Lucy and Lola. 

It is rare for a tiger to have four cubs; most have two or three.  And it is very rare for all four cubs to survive.

There are only 250 left in the wild.  66 live in accredited zoos.  Now there are 71 in living in a zoo!!

They started getting soooo tired.

All tuckered out.

Until next time,

 

Malee - OKC Zoo's Baby Elephant

On April 15 at the Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical garden Asha our 16-year-old Asian elephant gave birth to a little girl weighing in at 304 pounds!!  This was the first elephant birth in the zoo's history.  Sneezy who is her daddy lives at the Tulsa zoo and is 39 years old.  

Our little baby girl has been named Malee.  I think there are many of us that feel like she is "our" elephant. 

Isn't she cute?

Here she is peaking out from under Momma.

Until next time,

 

New Elephant Exhibit at the OKC Zoo

Around mid-March the Oklahoma City Zoo opened a new exhibit that houses their elephants.  Because of the crowds my mother and I visited the exhibit after it had been opened a few weeks.  Here are a few of the pictures I took using my IPhone.

When you first walk into the pavilion there is a covered seating area and stage where the elephants "perform" once a day.  I snapped my Mothers picture standing at the top of the stadium area.

This is a huge complex.  There is an area where the elephants can be kept inside including a large indoor play area for them.  One of the elephants is pregnant and the baby will be born soon.  It appears they have all the medical equipment needed for the birth.  Everything is accessible by ramps. 

The elephants have a big pond to cool off in during the heat of our summers.

There is a tall water fall that flows down into the pond.  You can see the elephants in the background.  They have a lot of room to roam.

I took this picture in the Oklahoma Trails exhibit.  There is simply a piece of glass between me and the cougar.  It looks like he is walking right through the glass but he is actually turning a corner. 

I am partial but the OKC zoo is a great zoo.  There are so many areas where you are literally standing next to a wild animal.  How often can you get this close to a bear and still be safe?

This is my attempt at a self portrait of me and mother.  We are a little wind blown as it has been terribly windy lately.  So from windy Oklahoma we say "so long for now".

Until next time,

Kansas City - Minneapolis Baseball

Last week my husband took me on our first baseball trip of the 2010 season.  We follow the Texas Rangers and they were playing in Kansas City then traveling to Minneapolis.  We love to drive and we had never been in Iowa or Minnesota so off we went to watch a little baseball and visit some new cities.

Our first stop was Kansas City, Missouri to watch the KC Royals play the TX Rangers.  We have been to this ballpark several times but they have remodeled it since we were there last and it is fantastic.

On to Des Moines, Iowa where we spent the night. 

They have a very fabulous State Capitol building that is landscaped beautifully. 

The next day we drove to see the Covered Bridges of Madison County, Iowa

Winterset just happens to be in Madison County where Fons & Porter's Quilt store is located.  So guess what?  I got to do a little shopping.

Next we drove to Minneapolis and visited the Mall of America.  This is the amusement park that is inside the Mall.   

And in the Mall of America there is an Aquarium.  My favorite parts were the sea horses and...

the Jelly Fish.  They have a spectacular Jelly Fish display. 

The next day we visited the Minnesota Zoo.   

That evening we went to the Target Field.  This is it's inaugural season.

We set on the club level behind home plate and this was the view of the evening skyline.

It was a 12 hour drive home from Minneapolis.  We drove straight through which isn't bad when you have 2 drivers.  I hope to blog about my garden and my quilting projects in the next few days.   

Thank you for taking time to visit my blog.  Until next time,