Stratford Butterfly Farm 1

[nanila]

[Iguana, the very definition of chillaxed.]
I decided to cash in my mother's day jolly one day early, because tomorrow we all get to stand in a muddy rugby pitch whilst Keiki shouts at Coach Daddy. (Not for the whole day, but it's not lying in bed all day reading Jane Austen either.)

Anyway, we went to Stratford-upon-Avon, where amongst other rather more famous attractions, there is a butterfly farm. I brought along my dSLR with the macro lens and a film camera, and proceeded to take eleventy bajillion (well, over 500) photos. So many, in fact, that I'm going to split them over several posts. Starting with "creatures at the butterfly farm that are not butterflies".


Massive koi carp, who bowled over all the others without changing trajectory.


Finch, annoyed.


Birb, indifferent.


Snek, baby, watchful.

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

OMG I love the iguana! And the indifferent bird with the pretty crest.

[spiffikins]

ahahah at the iguana - his wee arms just flopped!

birb with the hint of iridescent feathers is a pretty birb! And the color-block finch is so cheerful!

[cesy]

Birds!

[cha_mel_eon]

Cute photos!

[shirebound]

Birbs and sneks! Delightful!

[cmcmck]

Great pics!

[lurkingcat]

Oh to be an iguana. Those are some great photos.

[cloudwrack]

So many beautiful creatures! Babby snek!! ♥

[silveradept]

Chill iguana is what we aspire to. Also, really cute snek baby.

[azurelunatic]

Indifferent bird might be a crested pigeon (I searched for "crested purple winged dove pigeon") and what a lovely indifferent bird it is!

Due to reading At the Feet of the Sun, all sufficiently large iguanas (especially ones who are In The Way) are named "My Lord" to me. (I recommend The Hands of the Emperor to start with; that series is mostly doorstoppers or novellas. Cliopher "Kip" Mdang is second in power only to His Radiency, The Sun-on-Earth, Last Emperor. Kip has survived the Fall of the Empire, sued for peace, caused the sea train to be built, instituted universal basic income, and even reformed the post office. His family, in the islands at the far end of the sea train, think Cousin Kip is a mid-level bureaucrat whose grand ambitions to change the world have gone to the Service to sputter out. Kip invites the Emperor to take a vacation. Shenanigans ensue.)

[sfred]

Wow, the finch looks like someone was given a goldfinch to colour and thought "no, too dull!".

Lovely snek baby too.

[kaberett]

Finch! Birb! SNEK NOSE.