Monday, June 15, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

We had a beautiful Sunday afternoon visit to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. It was sunny, lovely, and we saw some really neat animals.


These sea lions reminded us of our Truman dog, especially the one on the left. And look, they're holding hands! They stayed that way for a long time.
This little meerkat was just so cute. He was on the lookout while his buddy was digging in the dirt.
Now here you have a beautiful animal. I kept encouraging the tiger to go for a swim, but he wasn't in the mood.

There were two beautiful lionesses lounging in the sun.


This little Asian otter was so playful and cute, but it was hard to catch a good shot of him because he was swimming and playing so fast. I just love those little critters.

And of course, the famous Pandas. This one was playing with his toys for a long time.
This was a burrowing owl, just like in Cactus Hotel (a third grade book). And as I was standing there watching him and his buddy--who was up on the cactus--the woman next to me said to her son, "Look, just like in Cactus Hotel."
These flamingos were pretty amazing in person. They were more orange than pink, and seemed to be in a turf war with some mallard ducks that were nesting in their area. Those hills they are sitting on are their nests, each one with a large egg on it!


As we concluded, not half bad for a completely free trip to the zoo! :)

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