Zoo in March

Anthony on a donkey in the Children's Farm.

Kids brought their own cameras today.  Joseph borrowed Dominic's.

Anne goes for a ride.

Boys with the pig.

It's great when you can pet the animals.

Anthony found a new friend.

Neat picture of turtles taken through glass.

Who says homeschool kids don't know how to stand in line?

Checking out the anaconda.  I'm glad it's behind glass!

The giraffe got a bite with its eyes closed!

Anne took some notes.

The boys in a rare still moment.

Caught napping.

Those girls.

Watching the work on the new elephant exhibit.

That was as interesting as the animals!

The zebra is one of Anne's favorites.

African Painted Dog.

The kids always have fun at the zoo!

Goodbye for now.

Zoo Fun in January

In the middle of January, the kids and I went on a field trip to the zoo.  It is great to be able to pick out a nice, warm day in winter to go to the zoo for some learning, exercise, and fun!

One of the orangutans and Catherine checked each other out.

Sometimes when you go through the Australia section, the cute little wallabies are everywhere!

Wallaroo close-up.

 A stop to check our wing spans.

We got to the Giant Anteater exhibit in time to see a new anteater being introduced to the the resident anteater.  The male kept trying to get the female's attention and she was having none of it.  At times, it looked like they were fighting!

Giant Anteaters are curious creatures.

Kids lined up to look at the rhinoceros.

Rhino close-up.

The Caracal, an African wildcat that can jump quite high.

Anthony loves this little lion.

Everyone is looking at the camera!

The Red Pandas, animals we rarely see when we are at the zoo.

The tiger found water to drink.

It was fun to watch the tiger walking on the ice.  I thought for sure he would break through!

Amur Leopard.

Lots of birds!

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam...

...where the deer and the antelope play!

Frozen river.

Can you say snuggling tortoises?

Zoo in October

Kids with chimp

Orangutan was interested in the kids.

Have to take pics with statues!

We watched the little orangutan climb.

Who's watching whom?

Flamingos!

Flamingo close-up.

The kids all brought quarters so they could buy fish food.

Look at all those fish!

A pelican, a new addition to the penguin exhibit.

We can never skip the super-poisonous snakes hallway.  Here is the Black Mamba.

Grizzly looking all cuddly.

Pronghorn deer.

Mexican wolf.

The kids and their friends covering the tiger statue.

Meerkats, cute as always.

Girls on lion.

We saw Aslan!

If you look at the Oryx from the side, it looks like a unicorn, according to the girls.