We usually visit the Biodome in Montreal once or twice a year. It is housed in the 1976 Olympic Velodrome. Four distinct areas are displayed: The Laurentian Maple Forest, The Gulf of the St Lawrence, Sub-Polar Regions and A Tropical Rainforest.
The macaws and the golden lion tamarins are there to greet you at the entrance to the rain forest.
New (?) this vist were three Giant South American River Turtles
Also new (?) was a Xingu river stingray from Brazil
The poison dart frogs and the anaconda sat still long enough that I was able to get photos in the low light.
The Goeldi's marmoset was not so co-operative as they seemed quite nervous, always looking up, and hopping around
The slow moving capybara seem to use the water to relieve themselves
The Southern Screamer was quiet for a change. The roseate spoonbill was having a a snack
Two scarlet ibis were busy preening high up in a tree
First time I have noticed flowers blooming in the rainforest
The mezzanine gives an overview of the Gulf of the St Lawrence and Laurentian Maple Forest
Things were quite quiet in the Maple Forest as the raccoons, beaver and the otters were all sleeping
But a newly acquired red-necked grebe was swimming on the beaver pond
And the lynx were active. Usually you might see an ear above log of a lynx sleeping, but this time two lynx were up and about and a third sleeping one showed his ear.
In the Gulf of the St Lawrence a whimbrel, a black-bellied plover and a surf scooter were hanging out by the entrance
The aneomes, starfish and sea urchins are in a brightly lit underwater display
The bird variety on display is down from a few years ago, and avian flu likely prevents the Biodome from adding to their collection. The kittiwakes were relaxing on a rock "island"
The pair of black-crowned night herons were in their usual spot high up in the trees on a rock ledge
I didn't recall seeing a barrow's goldeneye duck at the Biodome before, but there was one which was swimming with the eider ducks
Under the ducks, the sturgeon were patrolling the water
It was feeding time for the penguins in the Sub-Polar Region. They all seem to politely wait their turn
Two rockhopper penguins
The puffins, not in their breeding plumage, certainly look different
The common murres were busy exercising their wings