Three geese fly in the morning sky over Frankfurt, Feb.11.
Category Archives: animals
Nutria Waiting
A nutria (Myocastor coypus) waits for food in Bad Vilbel, just outside Frankfurt, Feb.18, where it lives with other family members around the moat of the town’s ancient castle ruin. These animals are originally native to South America, but have been introduced to Europe and other parts of the world, mainly by fur ranchers.
Chubby Cheeks
A giraffe ruminates at the Opel Zoo in Kronberg, just outside Frankfurt, Jan. 21.
At the Zoo, recently
A giraffe behind a net of hay hanging from a tree, at the Opel-Zoo in Kronberg near Frankfurt, Nov.3.
Tiger
A tiger strolls past a window of its enclosure at the Frankfurt zoo, Nov 17.
Starlings on a Power Pylon
Starlings sit on a power pylon (well, not all of them) in the north of Frankfurt, Nov 15.
A Shrew
A little shrew sits on a leaf at Roßdorf, some 40 kms (24 mls) south of Frankfurt, Oct.6.
Shaun
A sheep refuses to stand in the neat row on a meadow close to the Baltic Sea shore at Kaseberga in southern Sweden, Aug. 18.
Lynx
A lynx at the Hanau Wildpark, taken June 9. The orginal population of the Eurasian Lynx in Germany was already exterminated in 1850. After being reintroduced in the 1990s the lynx nowadays can be found (or could be – it is mainly a nocturnal hunter and very reclusive) in mountainous areas and national parks.
Elk Baby
Jule, the newborn elk at Hanau Wildpark (some 30 kms [18mls] east of Frankfurt), explores its spacious enclosure, June 9.
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