Posted by jlopatin on 29th October 2011
Last week we attended an educational seminar on wolf conservation at Brookfield Zoo. After, we got to go behind the scenes at the wolf exhibit to see the large pack of Mexican Grey Wolves. When conservation efforts began for this species back in the early 70′s, there were only 7 animals in the wild! Through conservation efforts, there are now more than 50 in the wild, and many more in zoos around the country.
We also visited the penguin house, which we have somehow missed in all our other trips to Brookfield Zoo.
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Posted by jlopatin on 16th August 2011
Here are some recent zoo pictures:
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Posted by jlopatin on 1st July 2010
A few weeks ago, we visited Brookfield Zoo. It rained, so I didn’t shoot as many pictures as usual. We did get to see the dolphin show, which was fun.
The next gallery is full of shots I took while walking around Chicago on my lunch hour. Jim Vendiola joined me for some of these walks. Don’t forget about his upcoming film, DRIFT.
The final gallery was also taken during my lunch hour. Mr. Blotto played across the street from my building. They sounded really great!
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Posted by jlopatin on 3rd May 2010
Today, I went to the member’s only preview of the new Great Bear Wilderness Exhibit at Brookfield Zoo. It was very crowded, but I still managed to take some nice photos. The new exhibit has large bear habitats as well as a huge wolf area, a bald eagle, and a large wetlands preserve. It was really great. The bear habitats were overcrowded (with people, not bears!) and difficult to shoot, so I tried to focus on the other areas.
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Posted by jlopatin on 2nd August 2009
We took Chris-T to the zoo! The family membership was TOTALLY worth it.
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Posted by jlopatin on 7th June 2009
Due to various circumstances, I was unable to post pictures during the month of May. I did take some, though. They are linked below:
In early May, we went to Minneapolis for a friend’s wedding:
We took our nephew, TJ to Brookfield Zoo the next weekend. There was a special dinosaur exhibit:
At the end of the month, we went to my cousin David’s wedding:
On the way to the airport the next day, we stopped at Orange County Choppers, home of the TV show American Chopper. It was Sunday, so they weren’t building bikes, but we got to take a close look at some of the bikes they built on the show:
Yesterday, our big landscaping project finally began! This is just phase 1:
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