life in the zoo

this morning was incredibly noisy in the trees, so i opened the shades to see what all the fuss was about and found the trees filled with parrots! sweet. they were around for more than an hour and flew closer to check out the cat, who paid no attention to them. 6-10 grey parrots and 4-5 brown parrots. i got pictures and if i don't get anything better today, you will probably see a grey parrot in today's photo post. but it was a light back-lit sky and i don't have a proper bird lens. a deficiency i may need to rectify in the near future. and a macro lens... and a full-frame body... sigh.

a couple days ago, robert the gardener found a chameleon in a tree. i have no idea how he spotted it. invisible even when you knew where to look. they have a ton of personality and the strangest legs and feet ever. i got some great pictures. will let you know when i post them.