Nonaccessioned animals

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One of the first pieces of jargon I picked up at the zoo was "nonaccessioned animal." This means any animal in the zoo that isn't part of the database (also "noncollection animal"). Nonacessioned animals mostly consist of stray cats, wild animals, and various pests. This red-tailed hawk (I'm pretty sure) is the same one I've photographed several times since November. The zookeepers in the area that it hunts have named it Sarah Ferestien (after a zookeeper, and our hay supplier). Sarah is eating a plump Norway rat.


I was investigating a pest issue behind a greenhouse when this cottontail and I startled each other.