I am not sure what I did to incur his attention, but I was nearly mauled by a red-crowned crane. Should I feel good that I was nearly nipped by the beak of the revered bird of fidelity, luck and longevity? After I fled a few feet, he continued to follow me around for the next ten minutes until I wandered off to look at peacocks and parrots.
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| Jingyuetan or Moon Lake |
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| The entrance to the Tiger Park wherein also lie great birds of prey and beasts of the forest. |
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| A beautiful tree along the shore of the reservoir. |
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| A girl pets a chained Siberian Tiger cub. |
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| Adorable lemurs running about in their display area. |
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| Through the glass, a Chinese girl and her brother tantalized the little creatures. You could pay extra to go inside and have them jump up on you like a jungle gym. |
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| An owl. |
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| A large bug that landed on my shirt. Ewww. |
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| My hunter. |
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| My attacker. |
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| My careful observer. We both watched each other carefully after my initial encounter. |
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| Another magnificent bird. |
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| Certainly the most exciting and excitable bird that we saw. |
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| I declined an opportunity to hold this bird on my hand, having just had a run in with a crane almost equal to me in height. |
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