As the weather was supposed to get bad, we left early in the morning, figuring on breakfast on the way. (Whoever heard of a Burger King running out of biscuits at breakfast so the breakfast never happened.) (I might add that he also presented me with a huge flat screen tv for the bedroom and my daughter got me dvr service for a year!) My other daughter sent me lovely pictures of Amelia!
The above are scarlet ibis which are native to South America but which do appear down in Ft. Myers occasionally but I haven't seen one yet. I have seen about every other variety of ibis however and even see the white ones in large numbers by the beach house in NC.
The polar bears are always my favorites! One was swimming on her back one way and then doing the crawl coming back down the pool!
This was in the tropical rainforest exhibit which is always a favorite of both Warren and I at various zoos (like Central Park). I love color!!
There were day lilies everywhere and these were particularly striking as well as some double orange ones that I had never seen before.
This is the naughty lorikeet that took a small chunk out of my finger! He was supposed to eat the nectar, not my finger!
Another of the lorikeets that is more well behaved and eating out of my hand.
This is the naughty lorikeet that took a small chunk out of my finger! He was supposed to eat the nectar, not my finger!
Another of the lorikeets that is more well behaved and eating out of my hand.
These morning glories were about five inches across and looked more like mallows than morning glories!
This guy was just fascinating. He is an anteater and the front end looks more like the back end. They are about five feet end to end.
2 comments:
Happy Birthday!! I really enjoyed my trip to the zoo through your great pictures. Love your blog especially your marbling.
I just know you posted the Scarlet Ibis for me - they are beautiful. Happy Birthday Sis!
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