MONDAYS AFTER NOON

MONDAYS AFTER NOON
must be a contracted holiday for big mammals at the Bronx Zoo: the tigers, bears and most of the antlered animals were no-where in sight on July 15. A duo of swans were in the fields set aside for bison, while the birds in a climate-controlled aviary house were very busy. One bird called an Argus harried for ten minutes or longer with beak jabs and wing flutters a zookeeper in his space cleaning a mess. Despite that match we were disappointed not to see the big animals but the place remains a green wonder in an urban area. Old trees, thick canopies overhead, and hills and streams and, with a little imagination, can help you can evoke the Bronx before we arrived and no heavy admission fees were needed to seek out the big mammals.