Saturday, May 21, 2022
On our way to Buffalo, we stopped at the
Ross Park Zoo in Binghamton, NY. We had free admission through our Tyler Arboretum membership.
Disturbingly, we passed within a mile of Conklin, NY, home of the mass shooter who traveled to Buffalo to do his deed at the Jefferson Avenue Tops Supermarket last week.
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Ross Park Zoo first opened in 1875, making it the fifth oldest
zoo in country, along with the Buffalo Zoo and Cincinnati Zoo
that opened the same year; a vintage steel bar enclosure |
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It was recommended to start on the south-side walkway
that had a more gradual slope |
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We passed the red wolf enclosure, and the Chipmunk Valley
Nature Trail entrance; yes, many chipmunks were seen |
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| Lots of these small birdhouses in the woods |
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| Callithrix geoffroyi/Geoffrey's Marmosets |
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Coendou prehensilis/Prehensile-tailed
Brazilian Porcupine |
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| Looks like we are in the Southern Hemisphere |
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| Spheniscus demersus/African Penguins seems to be awaiting food |
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| Bear and Cub sculpture in front of the playground |
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| A bench states the date of establishment of the zoo |
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| Hydrangea paniculata/White Hydrangea |
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| This Vulpes lagopus/Arctic Fox is molting/losing the white fur |
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| The younger Arctic Fox still has his winter coat |
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| Boa constrictor/Red-tailed Boa Constrictor |
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| Aegypius monachus/Cinereous Vulture |
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| Ovis aries/Shetland Sheep |
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The carousel (1919, installed 1920) is one of six carousels
donated in metropolitan Binghamton by George F Johnson |
The Ross Park Zoo Carousel is awaiting renovation.
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| Lyon Hart (by Nancy Ryan) |
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