Animals, Real and Fake

Nothing too deep or meaningful here, just a bunch of animal shots. Some are real, living animals I photographed in the Central Park Zoo, others are formerly real animals, now stuffed, found in the American Museum of Natural History’s dioramas.

Crowned Pigeon

Crowned Pigeon at the Central Park Zoo.

Snow Monkey

The snow monkeys at the Central Park Zoo.

Siberian Tiger

A Siberian tiger at the Central Park Zoo.

Caribou

Caribou from the diorama.

Puffin

Puffins at the Central Park Zoo.

Blue-crowned Motmot

Blue-crowned Motmot at the Central Park Zoo.

Indian Peacock

Indian Peacock at the Central Park Zoo.

Cayote

The cayote diorama.

Falcated duck

Falcated duck in the Central Park Zoo.

Crane

A crane at the Central Park Zoo.

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck. Yum.

Sheep

Sheep in the Alaskan diorama.

Bobcat

Bobcat on the prowl, form the AMNH diorama.

Gorilla

Gorillas in the diorama at AMNH.