a visit to the zoo
Good Morning and have a great day
I have visited the bouttonwood park a few times this year, I bought a season park ticket and making the most of it
Its not a big zoo, but a nice one and close to where i live, I have planned to visit the bigger zoo in Providence RI but havent made it there yet, but for now happy with visiting the local zoo which I have done a few times recently
let me start with this bison, I was luckily enough to be at the zoo after it had bene running around chasing one of the deer, and then felt like it needed a rest and lay down and took a rest
Dont worry he is fine and after a couple of minutes was up walking around again
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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
This is one of the deer, not sure if it was the one the bison was chasing
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I saw this falcon or possibly a hawk I am no expert on them, in the enclusre of the elephants, obveiously it had just capruted something I thinka rabbit and was enjoying it
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and standing proud the Bald eagle, not always easy to get a good shot of it through thee wired cage but not to bad I think
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I think this is a coyote
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and another deer to finish off this post
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