Key	Imgs	Short Description
2014_DC_Bao_Bao_140823	20	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Bao Bao's first birthday event This was Bao Bao's first birthday.
2010_DC_FONZ_Donor_100130	53	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Goodbye to Tai Shan (Breakfast with a side of butter) Breakfast. With a side of butter: Friends of the National Zoo invites you to a continental breakfast celebration in the Panda House. Say good-bye to Butterstick (aka Tai Shan) and learn about the future of the National Zoo's Panda Science Program.
2006_DC_FONZ_Event_060709	85	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan's first birthday event This was Tai Shan's first birthday. The event included a press conference, followed by a viewing where he received a custom-made fruitsicle prepared by Zoo nutritionists. He was also presented with a new soccer ball and a baby pool filled with water, two new toys, generously provided by Fujifilm. The...
2010_DC_FONZ_Farewell_100130	93	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan Farewell Celebration Tai Shan Farewell Celebration: Come wish Tai Shan a fond farewell! Tai Shan, the Zoo's four-and-a-half-year-old giant panda, leaves for China on February 4 to be part of the breeding program that will help sustain giant panda populations in the wild. Giant pandas are endangered—only about 1,600 are...
2005_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_051017	38	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan naming announcement From the 10/18/2005 Washington Post article by Karilyn Barker describing this event: Panda Cub's Birthday Present: A Name 'Tai Shan,' Winning Choice of Online Voters, A Symbolic Nod to U.S.-China Friendship The National Zoo's giant panda cub was officially dubbed Tai Shan yesterday and heralded...
2007_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_070424	77	DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan staying 2 more years announcement Join us for breakfast and a special announcement about Tai Shan. John Berry, Director, Smithsonian National Zoological Park and Robert J. Lamb, Executive Director, Friends of the National Zoo cordially invite you to a special giant panda press conference and breakfast. Join us as we celebrate...
2013_DC_FONZ_Panda_131230	41	DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Bao Bao pre-opening donor event This was the first day donors were allowed to see the zoo's new panda cub, Bao Bao. We weren't allowed to post any pictures from the event until the little booger went on public display on January 18.
2016_DC_FONZ_Viewing_160108	14	DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Meet Bei Bei (Day 1) Your chance to meet giant panda cub, Bei Bei, is almost here! FONZ member preview week begins January 8.
2016_DC_FONZ_Viewing_160111	32	DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Meet Bei Bei (Day 2) Your chance to meet giant panda cub, Bei Bei, is almost here! FONZ member preview week begins January 8. This time the little booger was much more active!
2005_DC_FONZ_Viewing_051117	41	DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Tai Shan cub pre-opening donor event This was a pre-opening donor event that gave you quite awhile to gawk at the new panda cub. Very cute! The mother was playing outside for the first 45 minutes while we watched the cub. Eventually, she came in, casually took a sniff of her cub, he took a swing at her, and she decided he was okay and...
1981_DC_SINZ_Panda	23	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
1983_DC_SINZ_Panda	3	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
1985_DC_SINZ_Panda	2	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
1996_DC_SINZ_Panda	2	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
1998_DC_SINZ_Panda	129	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
1999_DC_SINZ_Panda	4	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2000_DC_SINZ_Panda	3	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas Condolence poster for Hsing-Hsing.
2001_DC_SINZ_Panda	132	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas They had put the two adults together trying to see if they'd mate. Not quite...
2002_DC_SINZ_Panda	195	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2003_DC_SINZ_Panda	20	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2004_DC_SINZ_Panda	10	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2005_DC_SINZ_Panda	24	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2006_DC_SINZ_Panda	253	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas Mostly pictures of Tai Shan, the cub
2007_DC_SINZ_Panda	9	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2008_DC_SINZ_Panda	6	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2010_DC_SINZ_Panda	126	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas I photographed Tai Shan a bit before he was sent back to China on February 4. His final goodbye celebration was during a snow day.
2012_DC_SINZ_Panda	5	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2013_DC_SINZ_Panda	14	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2014_DC_SINZ_Panda	41	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas Another chance to visit Bao Bao, the new panda cub. Also the one-year birthday event for him -- with surprisingly bad access for members.
2015_DC_SINZ_Panda	13	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2019_DC_SINZ_Panda	67	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas Pics taken way too early in the morning during the member event before the Bye Bye, Bei Bei public celebration of Bei Bei's departure for China.
2020_DC_SINZ_Panda	11	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2021_DC_SINZ_Panda	44	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2022_DC_SINZ_Panda	65	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
2023_DC_SINZ_Panda	84	DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas My last chance to see them before the pandas were sent to China.

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