Animal Kingdom - Maharajah Jungle Trek

Two Blackbuck Antelopes with very different horns.


That Straightener Really Works

 

Komodo dragon lying out in the sun:


Hello KoModo:

 

Another shot of blackbuck antelopes with different horn shapes.


Horn Section

 

Nicobar pigeon, walking out directly in front of me as they do:

 

The wilderness must be explored - and has been for over a century.


Exploring the Wilderness

 

I can't recall ever seeing this guy up in a tree like this. He's usually hiding in the bushes. Must have been mating season.


Out in the Open

 

Lovely tiger cub resting in the shade - and taken through thick grimy glass!:

 

Why wander around the swamps of Florida and New York photographing birds when WDW provides willing subjects like these green-winged doves?


Can't Complain. You?

 

Peacocks are pretty good looking even without the fancy tail feather display.


Cocked and Ready

 

A metallic starling (Aplonis metallica) is busy building its nest so it's ready when the sandman enters.


Hanging with a Thread

 

This cat's not bouncy, trouncy, or flouncy, but given the right prey, might occasionally be pouncy.


I'll Leave the Bouncing to Tigger

 

We always call our bison 'buffalo' - but THIS is a buffalo:

 

OK, everybody...all together now... "it's only..."

 

I can't say that I've ever seen a tiger with a mane and fluffy ear hair like this one.


Mythic Tiger

 

Typical cat. One second, he's lying there licking his paws:


The next second he's leapt to his feet and goes flying 50 feet across the pen at full trot:

 

Got an itch, just gotta scratch it:

 

This is my artificially heated rock and I'm not moving.


Here Be Dragon