Bookmark - Cheyenne Buzzard

This guy was easily my favorite character at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs (series here).  He (?) was quiet, introspective, slow to move, and exuded a sinister - if not malevolent - personality.  And those striking eyes, contrasting perfectly against the creature's blue face, conveyed intelligence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made a promotional card from another shot captured during the visit back in 2011:

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #6

An almost-perfect shot of something through something.  The bokeh is enough to be bokeh but not so much that you can't tell what it is.

Captured in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs - one of the better zoos in the country - with the Nikon D300s.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #1

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #3

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #5

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #4

This guy stood in the same place for a long time, and let me get fairly close.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo #2