The weather exceptionally beautiful, I decided to pay Berlin Zoo a visit. Though I did take some visitors from Denmark there some time in the second half of 2022, I can’t remember when I last went there with my camera. I usually prefer the zoo which used to be East Berlin’s zoo (Tierpark).
With no leaves on the trees yet, I was astonished to see the number of cormorants and cranes in the process of building their nests in many of the big trees. The majestic lions posed nicely for the camera, as did a number of hoofstock and birds. And I think one of the hyenas is pregnant.
And finally, the zebras lent themselves to some experimentation with abstracts.
Visited and linked to many times before. This was a birdwatching walk with Volkshochschule. From that point of view, it was successful in that we saw quite a few different birds, but I did not manage to photograph any of them.
However, there are always things to discover and photograph at all times of the year, and in winter and early spring, when there are no leaves on the trees, it is easier to see not only birds but also how nature is taking over year by year.
This time, I spotted a building I had never noticed before and which I guess qualifies as what the Germans, for some strange reason, call a “Lost Place” – literally and officially – they don’t even translate that into German. I always wonder why. Those places are not lost. The rest of the world calls them “Abandoned Places”, which is what they are.
