As promised, here is part 2 of the photos from Keystone Safari, the walking tour!
A Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) on a sky-blue pond.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and a Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in the walk-through butterfly garden. These animals are raised and kept inside of a greenhouse for visitors to appreciate. Other species were present, but I did not get good photos.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A new bird species for me, this Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata) woke up from a nap when I took it's photo.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Glorious Grey Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum) display how fitting their name is.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The best picture I could get of a new carnivore for me, a very sleepy Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis). I had to very much become a contortionist just to get this crappy picture due to the position the animal was sleeping in.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Some Kunekune Pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus), my personal favorite domestic pig breed. I just love the color patterns!
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A wise-looking and rather dark colored Barn Owl (Tyto alba) gazes at me with a judgement only she knows.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]An American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with a very interesting fur pattern on it's back.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) gives me a very condescending look.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A Rainbow Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) was very talkative and tried to have a conversation with me. The Green-Winged Macaw(Ara chloropterus), however, only wanted to sleep. For whatever reason, the sleepy Silkie Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) was also housed in the same exhibit.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A very friendly Domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) begs me for carrots in the reindeer barn, which houses a mix of normal colored and piebald specimens.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Also inside the reindeer barn was Marvin, a young domestic yak (bos grunnieus) calf who was abandoned by his mother in the pasture, and therefore was being hand raised. He kept attempting to suckle on mine and my mother's hands.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Some small animals were housed in the barn as well, including corn snakes, guinea pigs, four-toed hedgehogs, and a new reptile species for me, the Peter's Banded Skink (Scincopus fasciatus).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Very common but still incredibly adorable, here are some domestic ducklings! (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Baby Tortoises! I believe that this is a Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni), but please let me know if I am wrong, as I can't remember.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A large and gentile looking Aldabra Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) provides a stark comparison to it's smaller relatives.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Unlike the other Macaws shown here, Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) are a very unusual species to see in captivity around here. I have maybe only seen these birds once before.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Keystone Safari prides (no pun intended) itself on having a small collection of high percentage Barbary Lions (Panthera leo leo), a subspecies of Lion that is extinct in the wild. Whether this claim is true genetically or not has not been disclosed, but the lions in question are huge, much larger than the typical African Lions I am used to in Pittsburgh, and the male certainly has the trademark black mane of a Barbary Lion. One can come to their own conclusion about the truth of the matter.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Famously, a cub, Simba, was also recently bred here. By the time I arrived he was a young adult, but still very curious and adorable.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Two spunky Ring-Tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) engage in a play fight on their island playground.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Beautiful Australian Black Swans (Cygnus atratus) with the water droplets on their feathers glistening in the sun.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A Spotted Hyena matriarch (Crocuta crocuta) keeps an eye on her small clan while they nap.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A screaming White-Necked Raven (Corvus albicollis) was very, very loud. Obviously, he had much to talk about
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Two species of Pheasants (along with domestic chickens and likely some other species that I did not see) inhabit a large pheasant aviary that is unmissable. The reddish Temminck's Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) was a bit more bold and outgoing, while the unmistakable Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) was a bit more shy.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Quite possibly the most exciting species to me in the walk through park, here is the Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)! Well known for being one of the most endangered mammals in the world, I have never seen an Addax before! It was housed with the giraffes and another antelope species I will show later.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A rare bird that I have never seen before, this Red-Crested Turaco looks very comfortable settled down on it's branch.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I apologize for the terrible quality of this image, but housed with the previous bird is ANOTHER new species for me, the Grey Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum). I waited and waited for this bird to come out into the open a bit more, but to no avail.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A very common bird, but one of my favorites, this Vulturine Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) and it's flock were free-wandering throughout the park, but this one stopped in a perfect light for photography.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Another ratite to add to the collection of emu and rhea from the first part, here is Carl the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius). He only came out of his indoor space for a very short time to look at me, pose, and disappear back inside.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]A very loud banging noise alerted me to the presence of this Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri), who was hopping on the tin roof of it's birdhouse to draw all eyes towards it. It worked!
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I couldn't get any good pictures of the adults, but here is the aforementioned antelope housed with the addax, yet another new species for me, the Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii). This adorable calf was venturing a bit from mom and experiencing the world.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And finally, we've come to the last species, (and the last new animal for me), a pair of charismatic King Vultures. Very intimidating and beautiful birds, one had a bit of feather stuck in it's beak.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I hope you enjoyed and that if you are in the area of Grove City, Pennsylvania, you take a day to stop by and visit Keystone Safari. So many cool species and a very exciting and rewarding trip for me!
My next post here will probably be more Pittsburgh Zoo Photos, as I am still working on sorting through hundreds of photos from the Columbus Zoo. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!
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