Are you sick
of the zoo yet? Well, I must say that my
daughter Carrie and I never really get sick of looking at animals. That’s something we have in common. Her 30th birthday is today, by the
way.
Happy birthday, Number One!
Carrie wanted
badly to see a kiwi, which they have at the Columbus Zoo. I got no pictures because kiwis are nocturnal
animals and their habitat at the zoo is dark.
It took me a while to adjust to the darkness and I didn’t immediately
see the kiwis, but Carrie did. They
sure are cool birds and bigger than I thought they were. But they weren’t the only cool animals we saw
in the Australia section of the zoo.
Here’s a Kookaburra and he’s sitting in an old
gum tree. While we were admiring him,
there was a young girl singing the kookaburra song, making me wonder how many
thousands of times that bird has heard it.
This elegant bird is actually a pigeon so watch
out the next time you disparage pigeons.
It’s a Victoria Crowned Pigeon.
He’s actually from New Guinea.
Here’s Jane, she was born at the zoo earlier this
year. She looks like she knows her way
around these days.
This isn’t a very good photo, but I like it
anyhow. That bird had just hopped off of
the roo’s back. None of it seemed to phase
the bunny.
We had a great time at the Columbus Zoo, but the
90+ degree day finally got the best of us so we left without seeing everything
we wanted to see. But we knew we had to
get on the road early the next day and head for home. One of these days, we may well go back.
