#wildparadies

Golden gaze by Regina Via Flickr: The Snowy owl sat on a tree trunk in her enclosure and watched her environment turning her head from one side to the other. Occasionally she stared at me with this intent and slightly unsettling gaze which is so typical for owls. The photo was taken through a fence.

Golden gaze by Regina Via Flickr:

And then he appears ... by Regina Via Flickr: I took this shot during a zoo visit in October and this handsome fellow is one of the Asiatic lions. They have two males, brothers, and during summer I have more or less only seen them asleep. One of the (few) advantages of the cooler autumn weather is that they are more active again now.

Smile for me ! by Regina Via Flickr:

There is no way to hide from Mondays by Regina Via Flickr: A raccoon at our local wildlife park. They are curious and cheeky .... with a few exceptions. This one clearly considered everyone as suspicious who didn't have fur.

I'm sooooo hungry ! by Regina Via Flickr: I love the raccoons at the wildlfe park but they are terrible beggars. It was worse than usual this time, maybe because of the fact that there were many families with children in the park due to the school holidays this week. The raccoons know every trick to get food. This one has perfectionned the miserable look which made it impossible for me to eat my sandwich.