Fletchers First Trip to the Zoo

The weather has been so nice I thought it would be a good time to go visit the zoo. I haven't been to the one here yet, so it was a first for me as well as Fletcher. It was a warm sunny day and because of the festivities in other parts of the city, it wasn't all that crowded thankfully. It was however sunny enough to need to keep Fletcher under shade pretty much the entire time so he slept in his stroller most of the time except to peek out at some of the animals.

Here we were lucky to see some of the gorillas in their outside enclosure...most were hanging out in the air conditioning.

As you can imagine, the fence around these guys was a little on the tall side. Something you never thing about when you think of kangaroos...but those guys have claws...BIG ones!

A perfectly lovely flock of flamingo's added a splash of color to the visit. I like the one napping on what was certainly one of the casualties from the ice storm not too long ago.

A pair of nesting eagles...the closest I've ever been to a nest. They are on the rather large size...the birds and the nest. The sign says they have old injuries which is why they cannot be released.

I think the favorite of the trip were these monkeys. They were a pleasure to watch climb and romp around. Those tails are insane! One of those would be handy to help take care of a baby I think.

I look forward to future visits as Fletcher gets older and will be able to see and enjoy more of what is going on. Then he will be able to match what he is seeing with what he is smelling...hehehe.