Wilhelma

Wilhelma Stuttgart

TSC: Wings In spite of their name large fruit bats/ large flying foxes are vegetarians! Our zoological- botanical garden has been breeding them for a long time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_flying_fox Trotz des Namens sind Flugfüchse Vegetarier, die sich von Früchten ernähren. In der Wilhelma kann man sie im Schmetterlingshaus abhängen sehen. www.wilhelma.de/nc/de/aktuelles-und-presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/23072014-flugfuchs.html

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SC 34: Rule of thirds (Another clickable one in the note) Wilhelma Stuttgart www.wilhelma.de/en/about-us/about-us/about-wilhelma

Geladas (Theropithecus gelada) in Stuttgart's Wilhelma Dscheladas (Blutbrustpaviane) in der Wilhelma. www.wilhelma.de/nc/de/aktuelles-und-presse/pressemitteilungen/2017/16112017-dschelada-nachwuchs.html

Climbing campsis plant seen through an awning (see inset for mono version) Trompetenblumen hinter einer Markise (SW im PiP)

The Sunday Challenge (TSC): BIRDS/BIRD -Living birds, not dead or ornaments These wild storks made our zoo "Wilhelma" their home. They enjoy the easy life with abundant food- it remains to be seen whether they will migrate to Africa in the winter. Their predecessor stayed here because she had an injured leg and got used to the comfort of her surroundings ( the silly thing once foraged for food in the middle of a big road and got hit by a car...). If you look hard you can see sparrows bottom left- they build their nests underneath the storks' nest! Inset a wider view of the building with the nest on top. Other wild birds living in "Wilhelma" include cormorants, grey herons, mallards (see second inset), Coots and a large number of the usual birds found in parks and gardens.

Grey herons have made Stuttgart's zoological-botanical garden their home, breeding on the old trees and fishing in the river Neckar nearby. They are not averse to stealing fish when the sealions are fed;-) In Stuttgarts Wilhelma nistet eine Kolonie Graureiher auf den Bäumen der Platanenalle. Die Vögel sind alles andere als scheu und klauen gerne bei den Seelöwenfütterungen ein paar Fische. Ansonsten fischen sie im nahen Neckar.

Wilhelma, Stuttgart Bei der Pelikan-Fütterung stehlen die Zaungäste (Graureiher und Kormorane) immer ein paar Fische (s. PiP) When it's feeding time for the pelicans both grey herons and cormorants try stealing some of the fish (see note)

Feeding time for the pelicans at Stuttgart's zoological-botanical garden Wilhelma. The herons stole their share;-)

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Saturday Self Challenge (SSC): Eyes Went to the zoo and braved the Halloween crowds to find some birds' eyes. The pink pelicans were the nearest I could get, inset kookaburra, peacock www.wilhelma.de

Grey herons have established a breeding colony in Stuttgart's zoological-botanical garden "Wilhelma" and aren't shy at all. Walking below the trees with nests is strictly at your own risk;-) www.wilhelma.de/en/animals-and-plants/animal-zoo-visitors.html Graureiher haben seit Jahren eine Brutkolonie in der Stuttgarter Wilhelma und sind überhaupt nicht scheu. Unter den Bäumen mit den Nestern bewegt man sich auf eigenes Risiko;-) www.wilhelma.de/de/tiere-und-pflanzen/tierische-zoobesucher.html

Wilhelma Stuttgart Because of bird flu the zoo's birds are all indoors or in specially protected volieres but visitors from outside still come and go.

Seen at Stuttgart's Wilhelma, this squirrel stopped to drink from a puddle.Usually they are much too fast to photograph.

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Wilhelma Stuttgart: Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

SH13: a Water Bird Magellanic steamer duck, Wilhelma Stuttgart