All five of my dear ones were out the Friday before Memorial Day, and despite the chill, we decided to return to Binder Park Zoo to get the most from our membership!
It was cloudy out, and Alice decided that she didn't want to come, but the rest of us set out on an adventure. Our first priority was to see the wolf, which we missed out on, on our previous visit.
On the way there we found a window to a secret world!
And had enough time to snap a picture with the giant bear!
And admired God's handiwork on some leaves.
And laughed at the bears kicking each other in their treehouse as they 'slept.'
Finally we found the wolves!
But we couldn't see them from the viewing area, so we tried walking along the side of the enclosure, where we spotted contraptions...
and looked at some flowers preparing to bloom.
We did finally get to see them from afar! They were sunning on a rock pile that closely matched their fur! Apparently, the child wolf kept jumping the fence, so they had to add a piece to make it taller!
After that we meandered through the other exhibits. Despite the day being less pleasant for us, temperature wise, the animals seemed more invigorated and active.
Mossy shingles on the covered bridge.
This bird was particularly agitated, each and every time we walked by!
We played in the circle for a long while.
And took some pictures I hope to one day recreate when the sizes are swapped!
Last time I felt like we rushed in the chalk and music area, so we spent as much time as everyone wanted this go round.
I had five punches left on our card from last time, and since there were only five of us on this trip, I thought it was a good opportunity to get it out of my wallet!
After the train ride, we decided to break for lunch, so we slowly headed that way.
The bathroom tiles were super cool. Alone they looked like this.
But they could add any single one of them to the tree for a whole new look!
Field trips were leaving while we ate lunch, so we were able to move my car to a much closer parking spot.
On our way back in we spotted the compass, which I hadn't noticed on our previous three entrances!!
More time at the chalk and music zone.
Grace wanted to 'ride' on the butterfly, and finally found a good one that I could stand behind to take the picture.
And my children know when they hear a good idea, so William and Juliet wanted to have the same!
Emily liked the purple, but declined the riding pose.
Our next stop was at the zoorasic zone.
So, this little chipmunk was running along the edge of the walking path, and keeping pace with me and Emily. We paused and he ran over to this hole, not far from me at all. I was talking to him and telling him that I could still see him, and that his hiding place was not very good, when Grace ran up to us and he squeaked and ran away, and Grace had not seen him and she squeaked and was also startled. Emily and I had a good chuckle. Maybe not the worst hiding place.
Nothing special?
Oh, but it is! How cool are these young leaves?!
Juliet spent a long time reburying the fossil, so that the next person could 'discover' it.
We still haven't confirmed, but five feet tall and 11 pounds does seem inaccurate, even for 'bird' bones.
We didn't see any on our visit.
From the ground, it looks way more like a forest than a swamp!
We stayed so long, that the zoo emptied out!!! This is a wildly busy intersection.
This bird, it turns out, is a Kookaburra. One of the employees played a video of a different Kookaburra, and this bird was not happy! During his agitation, we did get to hear his 'laugh,' just like the song!
No wait for the tram at the end of the day! But the giraffe feeding stand was closed. = (
Tiny world on the top of a fence post!
We saw all the kangaroos this time!
A quick stop into the, practically deserted, reptile room on our way out!
And, as it was a Friday, we called in an order to our favorite Battle Creek Chinese place. It was ready to go when we arrived, and still hot when we got home!
It was really nice to go back to the zoo so quickly, hopefully we'll make it down a few more times this summer!
later days
edit 6-7-25: backdated for continuity.
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