Thursday, April 3, 2014

Thursday, April 3, 2014

THE OREGON ZOO! Allie and I had the chance to visit the Oregon Zoo (for half price, with our Minnesota Zoo membership!) while visiting colleges (Reed, Lewis and Clark, Willamette). Maybe because I was super excited to be there, and the bears were our first exhibit, but it was hard to limit the number of American black bear pics!






Bear comfort.









Bear slumber.














Bear mediation.










Bear relaxation.















Bear selfie.
And what you can't show in bear stills, you can definitely show in a video of bears wrestling!


Bald eagles, and Allie in a life-size nest.









A cattle egret.





Stellar sea lion.






Amur leopard.













Rainbow lorikeets...
















and us feeding them.
















Southern gerenuk.














African slender-snouted crocodile.














Hippopotamus.















Lions.





   


















The reticulated giraffe exhibit was awesome.








Asian elephants, including baby Lily.


Don't adjust your screens! I did not upload this video in reverse; the polar bear is walking backwards








Phillipine sailfin lizard.









Malayan sun bear.



What a great visit we had!