NYC Frog Project on the Road

Turtleback Zoo
West Orange, NY

Bronx Zoo

Bronx, NY
I'm sure there are lots more frogs at the zoo, but these are the ones we stumbled on today.

NYC Frog Project on the Road

Bear Mountain State Park

In 1908, the State of New York decided to move Sing Sing prison to Bear Mountain, but conservationists--aided by the likes of the Harriman family, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan--had different ideas, and in 1913 Bear Mountain State Park opened.

The Appalachian Trail runs through the park and gives its name to the Trailside Museums and Zoo, where these pictures were taken. The Trailside Zoo is on the site of Fort Clinton, where the Americans were routed by the British in 1777. In addition to bears, a porcupine, and a pair of coyotes, the zoo is home to quite a few injured birds, including a Pileated Woodpecker, a Great Horned Owl, and a Bald Eagle.

Public Art: Staten Island Zoo

Mosaic in the Reptile House



The Staten Island Zoo opened in 1936 with one of the largest rattlesnake collections in the world. The reptile house was built in 1933-34, and the mosaics, by Kristi Pfister, were done in the 1990s.