Published!!!

UPDATE: Yep.. URL when its online!

Just heard back from a local paper and I may have a picture published!

How kewl is that?

From Taj 3rd Final

Date: 2010:04:11 13:37:16Camera: Canon EOS 20D

Exposure: 1/2000

Aperture: f5.0

ISO: 400

Focal length: 135

Happy 3rd Birthday Taj

Apologies to my CMZ friends. I was waiting to hear back from someone before I posted these. Sorry for the delay.

Taj was in rare form (as was Almos), great fun was had, many presents were destroyed, and 2 slabs of ribs were consumed.

It was great messy fun, and many thanks to Robyn Barfoot for affording me a great spot to take these photos.

Big guys

The "bigs" were out in all their glory.

October 11th.

I didn't realize any of these would come out. I was lucky enough to get a few pictures of Nashi the Cougar.
It seems that it was a very snoozy day for the tigers Taj and Almos. Nashi was so alert because he had just been given his enrichment treats. You can see some hamburger hidden in the enclosure.

Rough Play

These big boys play rough.
When their paw connect, you can hear the thwap.
They are connecting, but without claw extended.
I could only imagine if they were serious what would happen.
At the end of combat, they groom each other.

My Tiger Videos

The Tigers at Cougar Mountain Zoo

A while ago I discovered the tigers Taj and Almos at the Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah. I met the zoo's director Robyn, and yesterday we were talking about Taj and Almos.

The Zoo is in the middle of a construction project to build an much larger outdoor enclosure for the 2 existing tigers and hopes to get 2 more cubs later this year. Due to the rising construction costs and the economy, they are still short around $40,000 to ensure the completion of the project. The new enclosure will be better for these 2 growing young tigers, and will leave the existing space for the new cubs.

I would love to help them in some small way. If anyone reading this would like copies of any of my photographs (full resolution), I am happy to trade them for a donation to the zoo.