Friday, July 18, 2008

Jacksonville Zoo

Well, it was time for another trip to the Jacksonville Zoo!!!
I met my very good friend Vicki and her kids...Vicki is a photographer in Georgia and we always have a blast taking photos of the kids and animals as we go!

So, here is a zoo overload! Enjoy :-)

First, some birds from the aviary....
Aviary Bird

Flamingo

Drinking Duck

and a turtle too :-)
Turtle

My friend and her neighbor's boy feeding the stingrays...look how it came out of the water!!
Stingrays

And a few wild birds too!!
Egret

Waterbird

Stork baby

Some animals from the Africa area of the zoo....
This Ostrich is always so cool!!
Ostrich

A hungry Rhino...and a good thing too..Look at those ribs!!
Rhino

Zebra

A cool guy from the reptile house
Snake

And an adorable little deer
Little Deer

The elephants were really active this day!! I could have stayed there for hours!!
Elephant Pair

Elephant

Elephant Eating

Elephant with hay

Apparently, this elephant was hot...she kept putting her trunk in the water, then using the water to make mud in front of her....
Elephants at the watering hole

Then sprayed the mud wherever she could reach!!
Elephant mud bath 1

Elephant mud bath 2

There's my silly guy!
My cute kid

And look! A monkey!!
No..no..that's Preston! :-)
I found a monkey at the zoo!!

Beautiful Lion
Lion 1

Lion 2

The giraffes are always so cool!!
Baby Giraffe

Giraffe pair

I think this guy was getting onto the kids...snicker..
Hey! What are you doing?

Baby giraffe

Giraffe pair

The scenery at the zoo is beautiful!
Water lilies

Water lilies

The kids watching fish
Watching the fish

Watching the fish

Sleeping Jaguar
Sleeping jaguar

An Anteater
Anteater

A Tapir
Tapir

Beautiful Green-Wing Macaw
Green-Wing Macaw

Green-Wing Macaw

Green-Wing Macaw

I love this silly look that Preston gives!
I love that look!

The kids on a bridge...Preston wasn't feeling it. LOL
Kids on a bridge

In my favorite aviary at the zoo...
Spoonbill

Spoonbill with sticks

Watching the nest

When Alex finally settled down and watched the Otters for a moment...they decided to play with him!!
Alex & Otters

Alex & Otters

Pouty Christopher...I can't blame him, it was HOT.....I couldn't resist though, he's even too cute for words when he pouts!
Pouty

Time for the monkeys!!!
Bonobo monkey

Resting

Hello?!?! Is anyone home?? We're hot and hungry!!!
Hahaha!
Anyone home?!?!?!

Silverback Gorillas....one word....Wow!
Who's watching who?
Who's watching who?

Gorilla face

Gorilla hand

Gorilla

Silly kids on the playground...THEY had energy left...Vicki and I were exhausted!!
Silly Christopher!

Yay Alex!

Preston

Taken from the moving train...she wanted to tell us Hi!!
Elephant through the gate

2 comments:

ErIn said...

I'm so jealous! I've been wanting to go to the zoo all summer! And the giraffes/lions are never that close/cooperative when we go! Love the pics!

Anonymous said...

I love the roseate spoonbills and the scarlet ibis!! Good job!

tess