October 1

   Today we went to the oldest zoo in the country. Here are the names of all the animals we saw (you don't have to read all the names if you don't want to) : camels, turtles, apes, ibis, chickens, roosters, bugs, goats, turkeys, donkeys, sheep, lions, pumas, black footed cats, mongoose, jaguars, tigers, red pandas, hornbills, hippos, giraffes, Coscorabas swans, lots of reptiles, amphibians, alligators, crocodiles, peahens ( female peacocks ), screech owls, okapi, marmosets, duprasi, tree shrews, aardvarks, lynx, otters, Aldabra and Galapagos tortoises, Central American river turtles, black swans, Cape Barren geese, black headed swans, Humboldt penguins, Andean bears, polar bears, rhinos, zebras, storks, addax, gazelles, coati, pelicans, vultures, squirrels, rabbits, chinchillas, ducks, snow leopards,  and mirror cats.

TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMAL TYPES SEEN=

58!

The peahens were not in cages but they were rooming the park freely,  so were the squirrels.  The bunny rabbits got their own miniature town to hop around in, in their cage.  Christopher sat on some bird poop and we had to wash his pants.  My favorite animals to see were all the turtles, tortoises, penguins and otters.  I thought the coolest exhibit was the penguins because it looked like it was a  camp where the revolutionary war soldiers camped out.  Their homes were the tents and small buildings. I didn't get a prize there because there were lots of other zoos you could get prizes from so I didn't waste my money.

We went to Wegman's, the grocery store, for lunch.

Highlights for animal pictures:

Look at the aardvark's eyelashes!

The tortoise is staring at you!

 My GramB was the photographer. She's really good!