"You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise."
Maya Angelou

#lioness #marylandzoo #baltimore #monochrome #photography #poem #poetry #nikon #fierce

Una Tortuga!!! #turtle #closeup #zoo #marylandzoo #baltimore #nikon #photography

A little tropical perfection at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Nikon Z6III, Tamron 150-500 5-6.7.
#zoo #flamingoes #framed #sunny #birds #photography #nikon #marylandzoo #baltimore

What gloriously, outrageously, colorful, beautiful creatures! I love their eyes.
Nikon Z6III
Tamron 150-500 5-6.7
500mm
1/1600
f6.7
#flamingo #colorful #zoo #zooanimals #marylandzoo #baltimore #photography #nikon

They had quite an entertaining 'meeting of the minds' while I was observing.
#gazelle #zoo #animals #zooanimals #photography #marylandzoo #baltimore

Random Maryland Zoo photos.
Nikon Z6III
Tamron 150-500
#giraffe #elephant #pampasgrass #zoo #animals #marylandzoo #baltimore #nikon #photography

Met this lovely lady on my little Zoo meander the other day. I wonder if she's licking her chops after snacking on the last photographer who took her picture? 🤔
#lioness #animal #bigcat #zoo #marylandzoo #baltimore #photography #nikon #tamron

SOLITUDE
(Lord Byron)

To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,
To slowly trace the forest's shady scene,
Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been.

#gazelle #zoo #animal #marylandzoo #baltimore #solitude #photography #nikon #tamron

I always feel like somebody's watchin' me
And I have no privacy (Oh-oh-oh)
I always feel like somebody's watchin' me
Tell me, is it just a dream? (Rockwell)

#zoo #animal #marylandzoo #baltimore #photography

INTROSPECTIVE REFLECTION

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance
Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
(Ogden Nash)

#ogdennash #bird #beak #zoo #marylandzoo #baltimore #photography @mjrichards.bsky.social

I must take that first step, if I am to take the last.
I must face the future, if I am to leave the past.
Nothing will ever change if I just stay standing still,
I must take a step, if my dreams I am to fulfil. (Jenny Maryl)

#bird #zoo #tightrope #photography #marylandzoo #baltimore

Her soul
Deep as night, she keeps the quiet watch
a steady lighthouse, fierce and tender,
foundation of home.
(James Chapman)

#bird #zoo #poem #poetry #photography #bird #marylandzoo #zoo #baltimore @mjrichards.bsky.social

Whispers of dreams, in feathers confined,
Each bird has a story, tales intertwined.
Wishing on stars, to clouds they aspire,
Each flutter of wing, lifts them higher.

#zoo #marylandzoo #maryland #baltimore #flamingo #bird #pelican #photography #nikon #tamron @mjrichards.bsky.social

This dapper fella is Jake from the Maryland Zoo. Have you ever seen a peanut-shaped turtle?? I sure hadn't! He was just out for a noontime stroll with his handler, whom I had a delightful chat with.

#zoo #marylandzoo #baltimore #turtle #photography @mjrichards.bsky.social

Taking a little outing to the #marylandzoo !
#zoo #animals

I like the random seagull in the penguin habitat. The fungus was in the marshland bird habitat. #marylandzoo #zoo #birds #seagull #penguin #pelican #fungus #photography #nikon @mjrichards.bsky.social

What a stunningly beautiful creature! A white pelican. #marylandzoo #zoo #pelican #whitepelican #bird #photography #nikon

Heavy weighs the mantle of leadership. #penguin #zoo #marylandzoo #photography

The goat enclosure was a highlight of the morning at the Maryland Zoo! #goat #goats #marylandzoo #farmanimals #photography @mjrichards.bsky.social

This is one handsome fella! It's like a Glamourshot. ;) #goat #portrait #marylandzoo #photography #farmanimal @mjrichards.bsky.social