A-Z Challenge 2021 - Photo Shoot: Z - Zebra

When I learnt the alphabet it always began with 'A' for apple (as my challenge started) and ended with 'Z' for Zebra.

So here they are:

 

These were at Newquay Zoo the ones below at the zoo in Detroit.

A-Z Challenge 2021 - Photo Shoot: R - Red Panda, Rhino, Ring Tailed Lemur, Rabbit

 Animals from Detroit  and Newquay zoos feature today.

From Detroit

A Red Panda watches on

While a rhino keeps guard - 

In Newquay others prefer to lounge around

While one just shows off

Ring Tailed Lemur

Much more demure is the wild animal found in my garden 

Rabbit having lunch

A-Z Challenge 2021 - Photo Shoot: L - Lions, Lilly

 It's unlikely that I will ever get to see lions in the wild so I have to be content with shots at Newquay Zoo.

When it comes to dogs however I have many from which to chose. One of those always got attention.

Lilly in her bandana

Lilly in the shade

However I don't think we would ever get her to do this - a performance by another Lilly in our village - 

Coming out of her lake was a different matter altogether.

A-Z Challenge 2021 - Photo Shoot: C - Chipmunk, Chameleon, Cody

 Taking pictures at a zoo in Newquay gave me the opportunity to catch a chameleon under a light and to see it change colour.

Chameleon in the pink spotlight

Much more difficult to catch was this little fellow who was always on the move in Michigan.

Chipmunk

It just wouldn't stay sideways so that we could see its stripes.

However my favourite retriever was only too pleased to sit in the shade when he had finished playing with his ball.

Cody

He liked to sleep on the mat next to our bed when we stayed at his home. The only problem was he snored so loudly that we could not sleep. He had to drag him on the mat to get him outside the room.

Nevertheless for a long time he could been seen as the wallpaper on my computer engrossed in a favourite pastime.

Cody going fishing