Foot and Fire

This is one of the series of colorful birds in the zoo we found  at the foot of the Banal na Bukid in San Miguel, Bulacan. The zoo can be a sidetrip after enjoying the Biak Na Bato river, cave and trekking area. However, as for our visit, it is still closed following the tragedy where the students of Bulacan University were washed away in the river. The residents said that the area will open again by November 2014. *** The colorful green bird beside the red one. *** The friendly grey bird. *** The cute bird. *** The colorful bird of them all. *** The tiger who is camera-shy. The big pile of its poop keeps me away. *** What is this? Deer with no antler? *** White peacock. *** The greenish-black-colored peacocks which are busy feeding. *** Donkey in the pasture. *** This is the area which is still under construction/expansion.  They have various animals such...

The University of Santo Tomas houses in their main building a museum filled with stuffed and preserved animals from monkeys, snakes, tigers to birds, kangaroos and heron. Also there are different kinds of shells encased in a glass enclosure. Stuffed and preserved animals may be an old-fashioned way of showcasing animals now that photographs, videos and zoos abound, it surely can give children insights as to how the animals really look up close and personal.   *** The tigers with the stripes still evident despite their years of preservation... *** The Kangaroos, which can only be seen live in Australia,  can be viewed in UST Museum too. *** The rodents and their kind in repose... *** The Herons ready to tango! *** Noynpy posing by the rabbit... *** A lot of them to view *** The long snake which scared the little boy. *** The turtles seem to swim... *** The bat with wide ...

Snaps of the wildlife in Baluarte brought an immense joy to this computer-all-day and always-in-four-wall creature! Here are the happy moments with the wildlife, especially the moments with real Ostriches, not-smelly-luckily reindeers which are with and without horns, and "dwarf" horses that sure look like donkeys but surely look like no donkeys at all. Hahaha, a zoo-ignoramus I am indeed. Parrot moments... Parrot-lings trio! Here's the snap of what i meant with:  "dwarf" horses that sure look like donkeys but surely look like no donkeys at all.   Tamed and photograph ready tiger??? I'm not sure. And they call it Pony Horse... My family posing in front of Baluarte Signage. The Dinosaurs are not real, of course. My first sighting of Ostrich!!! Rusa Deer... the hornless type... Guess what, these are geese... snake... Ostriches, great o great! colorful birds and there are a lot of them in there... ...