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Friday, October 12, 2018 Part 3


After the 11:00 showing of Festival of the Lion King, we walked with the crowd back into Africa. Our third FastPass was not until this evening, so we weren’t really certain what we wanted to do next. We noticed a PhotoPass photographer on the bridge into Harambe and decided that would be our next destination. My poor bangs were beginning to curly or wave or feather, whatever, it wasn’t the way they usually look. I also noticed when I got home that several of the photographers were not as adept at dealing with light as photographers we’ve had in the past. Some of the photos have distortions in color, especially on our faces, due to too much light. Oh well! It’s not a perfect world.




Standing in the sun meant we heated up very quickly, so we moved back into Africa and visited the Mombasa Marketplace (aka gift shop). We just browsed while soaking up the cool air. Then we adventured off to Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, one of my favorite parts of Animal Kingdom. Those who have walked this trail will know that the Colobus monkeys are the first animals seen on this trail. I’m going to blame the heat for my failure to remember something I been so excited about seeing prior to the trip. I saw two monkeys immediately, aiming the camera up and zooming in on them. I was standing in the sun and didn’t notice until I brought the camera down that a third monkey was lying close by. But that isn’t all I missed the first time. I moved around into the shade of the shelter itself and took photo three of a single monkey with its back to me.






At this point I heard Katelynne, the cast member here, say, “There’s the baby.” And then the light bulb went on in my head as I remembered reading on Disney Parks Blog that a baby Colobus monkey had been born just a little while before our trip. If you scroll back up to my first photo, you may be able to see the baby right in front of the monkey on the right. I had no idea the baby was there nor, did I know I had gotten a photo of it until I uploaded them to my compute. But you know me, as soon as I realized the baby was there, I looked for opportunities to photograph the little fellow. Katelynn informed us that this was a mother, aunt, and grandmother who were co-parenting the baby. The aunt gets jealous if she doesn’t feel she is getting equal time and snatches the baby from her sister. We saw this back and forth with the baby a number of times in just a few minutes time, and honestly, it had those of us gathered there gasping. It wasn’t easy getting photos as they were at the top of their enclosure and the baby liked to snuggle up very close to which every adult was holding her. But these two photos turned out pretty well. Needless to say, I was in paradise watching this baby monkey. No baby hippo earlier today, but I had 15 to 20 minutes watching a sweet little baby Colobus monkey.




We moved on as more people were arriving, and they, too, needed a chance to see the baby monkey. We entered the aviary, which proved to be quite active. I never pick up the guide because I can’t hold it and take photos so I don’t know what this first bird is, but I can tell you it was very busy breaking off branches for its nest. I got a series of three photos showing it at work.





Next were several birds enjoying some treats in a feeder.




Then we came to the golden weavers whose name I know because Laurie taught me that one. Yellow is one of my favorite colors and these little yellow birds with their upside-down nests amaze me.







Moving out of the aviary, we came to the underwater viewing area for the hippos. We lucked out and one was walking the bottom of the pond.


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From here we moved back out into the sun and its heat to the meerkat enclosure, which was quite crowded since it offers a bit of shade to guests. I only snapped two photos as I was too hot to stand and wait for a better view. The meerkats seemed to be sticking to the shade as well.





Now it was time for my beloved gorillas. The family was all hunkered down in the shade on the right side of their habitat. For those of you who know Lilly, she is in the front left in the fourth photo. I always check on her as she holds a special place in my heart. Lilly is getting so big. In fact, she doesn’t look much like a kid anymore.










Again we didn’t stay long as the guest area in the shade was very crowded with humans seeking shade, too. The crowd seem to make even the shade hot. We checked out the entire area where the bachelor Silverbacks have their habitat, but none of them felt like sitting in the heat anymore than we did. We did notice a waterfall in the back of their area, wondering if it had always been there or if was added with the trail’s name change.



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