I think readers can legitimately complain that not only have I not added a new post for a long time, but more schockingly, my last animal-related one goes back more than one year. So, to celebrate the recent belated aperçus of spring in Zürich and around, here are some pictures:
The first two are cheating, since they come from the Masoala Hall — but the first one illustrates the beautiful views from the very new canopy walk:
while the second is a rarely-seen lizard
Next comes a well-camouflaged bird, this one from a park in Graz
and another one from the aforementioned canopy
after which come a frog,
a snail,
and more frogs:
Hopefully more animal pictures will come before a year passes!
My favourite is the snail.
It’s a pity you’re not at IAS this year – then we could have had a nice series of cicada pics!
Assuming I wouldn’t have fled in front of the cicada invasion…
What I find strange is that the 17 year period that is mentioned means that the last time this happened was in Spring 1996, at which time I was definitely in the region (Rutgers), but I have no memory of it at all…