When it’s one, it looks a little insane, no?
bird dust bath from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Ah, but when it’s many, it’s a party!
birds dust-bathing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
I never knew that birds took dust baths. I thought that was just something chinchillas did.
squirrel eating from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
This squirrel wasted no time gobbling up his food.
At the Tiger Temple in Thailand, caretakers fed and cooled down the felines by squirting water or milk from a baby bottle into their mouths. Kind of a funny thing, a huge grown tiger being fed much like an infant child. Look carefully and you can see one getting squirts in the background:
thirsty tiger from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Los Angeles is not a city that goes dark. Unless of course parts of it get a power outage, as we did this night when there was an underground explosion (read more here and watch the aftermath here). Here are some videos long after the explosion, when everyone’s power was turned off so that crews could work to fix the problem.
darkened westwood from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Tilt your head to the left and watch this…
blinking elevator from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
It’s hard to tell since it goes by so quickly, but it’s an elevator with the doors open and lights flashing periodically. I guess it’s the safety measure during a power outage, so people don’t get stuck inside.
Otters kind of sound like birds chirping. Who would’ve guessed?
otters chirping from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Hey, when you go to a zoo, sometimes you’ll find the animals doing their business wherever it happens to be convenient. Like this otter that was pooing…
otter pooing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
And of course, why you really go to a zoo… to watch the animals moving around, having some fun and doing what pleases them.
otter swimming from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Use some food and be patient! Look at how many gathered ’round…
hungry birds from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Just keep on tempting them. Someone’s gotta give.
bird feeding from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Check out these awesome little flying fish! These were doing what they could to stay ahead of our boat.
little flying fish! from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Those shiny flecks are all flying fish – swarms of them! There must be thousands there.
flying fish from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
I find there’s something fascinating about watching planes land at an airport. Whether it’s from underneath them, at the terminal, or inside them, there’s always an interesting perspective to be had. In fact, one of these days I wouldn’t mind sitting somewhere near the airport, watching the planes come in. The ones coming into the Hong Kong airport were filing in at a steady rate and it was cool to watch as they appeared in the distance, just a little speck, and slowly got larger and closer.
plane landing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
The dolphins st Sentosa wave hi and do some jumping tricks!
dolphin waving from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
jumping hoops from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
ball touch from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Going under the earthquake tunnel one night, capturing some of the honking in action. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Read about it here.
earthquake tunnel from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
