Chattanooga Zoo

The Chattanooga Zooat Warner Park is a 13 acre zoological park located in the Warner Park area of downtown Chattanooga, TN.  It was opened in 1937 and in 2012 celebrated its 75th anniversary.  While not as large as many zoos they have an excellent assortment of animals on display, and it is an excellent way to spend a few hours.

  February 22, 2013

It was a mild late February day in Tennessee so I decided to take off from work and go to the zoo.  The Chattanooga Zoo to be exact.  I guess that I’m not destined to get a good day there though, when I visited in July it was so hot the animals were doing their best to find shade and cool, and today, even though the temperature was mild, yesterday’s rain in Nashville left a heavy overcast in Chattanooga so the light wasn’t that great.  Regardless, I got some pretty decent shots.

Coyote

Coyote

Hanuman Langur

Male Indian Peafowl

Female Indian Peafowl

East African Crowned Crane

East African Crowned Crane

Fennec Fox

Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Great Horned Owl
 

  July 5, 2012

Due to the heat I didn’t get photographs of all of the animals because they were trying to get out of the sun.  The American Cougar, for example, had crawled up into a large section of pipe in his paddock and all I could see was his butt.  All of the other animals are behind wire mesh fencing or windows which makes photography difficult, and some of them just plain would not get into a spot where I could get a good shot of them.  The one I regret most was the Snow Leopard since that was one of the main reasons I went to the zoo, but I guess I’ll use it as a reason to make another visit when it’s cooler.

Hanuman Langur

Hanuman Langur

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Female Indian Peafowl

Male Indian Peafowl

Male Indian Peafowl

Black Tailed Prairie Dog

Black Tailed Prairie Dog

Black Tailed Prairie Dog

Great Horned Owl

Tasmanian Tank

Coati

Capybara

Cotton-top Tamarin

Cotton-top Tamarin

Cotton-top Tamarin

Cotton-top Tamarin

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Jaguar

Spider Monkey

Spider Monkey

Spider Monkey