Visiting the Biodome in the afternoon rather than our usual first thing in the morning seemed to allow us to see some different animals, some of the usual ones and miss those off having their afternoon naps.
The golden lion tamarins at times were closer to us than normal, other times they were in their usual hangout spot grooming.
After being closed for a year or two, the Biodome is starting to rebuild it's collection. They have acquired (from California!) a juvenile black-crowned night heron (left) to keep their adult one company.
A few more of the birds in the Gulf of St Lawrence habitat.
Black-legged kittwake
Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Black-bellied plover
Razorbill (in molt?)
Black guillemots molting to winter plumage
We had not seen the beavers in any of our recent visits. The two them were out and about.
One of them has cloudy blue eyes which I suspect means it is blind. I (unethically?) changed the blue to black so as to eliminate the distraction in some pictures.
The otters were also busy playing in their water area.
The penguin enclosure was quite quiet, not much activity, perhaps waiting for feeding time?
The King penguins were just standing around keeping an eye on the others. A gentoo was bring a stone to his mate to add to the nest they were working on.
