DAILY PHOTO: Elephants in the Marsh Near Dusk

Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park

DAILY PHOTO: Scarlet Ibis

Taken on August 4, 2018 at Lincoln Park Zoo

DAILY PHOTO: Wildebeest

Taken in April of 2017 in Mosi-Oa-Tuniya National Park, Zambia

Taken in May of 2017 in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

POEM: Silly Cat

I think you know my silly cat

It perches on heads like a hat

It catches critters and sets them free

cause it finds canned food more tasty,

but it loves the sport of the hunt

and can perform acrobatic stunts

between bouts of blissful slumber

DAILY PHOTO: Cape Buffalo with Egret, Amboseli NP

Taken in May of 2017 in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Egret, in white

Cape Buffalo

DAILY PHOTO: Puppies and Goats of Bhaktapur

Rubble Puppy

 

Temple goat

 

Dog disappointed with a package

 

Goat resting on a plinth; Taken in May of 2018 in Bhaktapur, Nepal

DAILY PHOTO: Elephanta Macaques

Hanging out on a bobbing branch

 

Perplexed on a fence-post

 

Ear investigation

 

Flea check; Taken June 30, 2018 on Elephanta Island

DAILY PHOTO: Little Rhino in the Grass, Kaziranga

Taken in April of 2017 in Kaziranga National Park, Assam

 

DAILY PHOTO: Slender-Snouted Crocodile

Taken in May of 2017 at Kalimba Reptile Park outside Lusaka

POEM: Bat

hanging bat

still as fruit on a branch

drops

swoops

glides

flaps

tilts

swings

dips

accelerates

dodges

whips

circles

twists

seizes

and hangs once more