DAILY PHOTO: Macaques Putting Their Heads Together

Taken in March of 2014 at Nandi Hills

DAILY PHOTO: Gujarati Camel

Taken in September of 2017 in Gujarat

DAILY PHOTO: Cobras at the Bangkok Snake Farm

Taken in October of 2012 at the Bangkok Red Cross Snake Farm

DAILY PHOTO: Eye-to-Eye with Giraffe

Taken in June of 2017 near Nairobi

DAILY PHOTO: Crocs in the Grass

Taken at Kalimba Reptile Park near Lusaka, Zambia in May of 2017

POEM: Avian Game Theory

a murder of crows harasses a hawk,

out to steal the meal that wriggles in its talons.

the hawk giving its all to fighting crow will lose its squirming prey.

no crow is match for a hawk,

but no hawk is match for the murder,

and so all birds go hungry.

DAILY PHOTO: Marching Penguins

Taken in August of 2018 at Lincoln Park Zoo

DAILY PHOTO: Duck in Greenery

Taken in November of 2018 in Kodaikanal

Urban Wildlife Haiku

crowded skies,
circling raptors weave
invisible baskets.



little chipmunk,
screeching relentlessly,
stop! all are warned.



rat slinks away
as cat creeps near,
despite edge in size.




popsicle monkey,
crowd coos, “Cute copy-cat,”
idly stuffing faces.



Mumbai leopards?
Hollywood mountain lions?
cats seeking parts?

DAILY PHOTO: Grazing Zebras

Taken in June of 2017 in Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls) National Park