These are critters that spend at least some time in the water. These photos were taken by my daughter ant the Oregon Zoo in Portland.
Hippopotamus:
Mallard Duckling:
More after the squiggle:
Sea Otters:
Sea Stars:
Steller Sea Lion:
American Beaver:
Western Painted Turtle:
I can not find this Duck in the zoo's index or on any sites devoted to waterfowl. So you Kossacks can you name this duck?
Whistling Duck:
This is a substitute diary and part of a series of four not counting the original Big Zoo Pooties diary. Triciawyse will host this diary for me.
Coded by BirderWitch
Word clouds by ccmask
The tickets to the zoo were provided by Transition Projects, a program that has allowed my daughter and I to have a stable home for the first time this century.