TRACY AVIARY

So my kids are off track right now and driving me and each other crazy!!! So I've been trying to come up with fun, cheap things for us to do to keep us busy. We have an annual membership to Hogle Zoo, and I noticed that on the first Thursday of every month we can get in free to Tracy Aviary. So off we went today. I've never been there before so it was adventure for all of us. I highly recommend going, especially if you have never been there.

It was feeding time. We got to see them feed the pelicans . . . "Andy" the Condor . . .

The red-tailed hawks and the vultures (not shown, but the rats they were fed them are).Then we made the rounds and saw LOTS of cool birds, most of which I don't remember what they are, but the ones I do remember, I will label.

The classic, mallard

The golden eagles

"Andy" the Condor

The Bald Eagle

Lots of GeesePeacock
Beautiful FlamingosPelicans Barn Owl ?????

Laci found this slipper next to the flamingo exhibit and decided it would be a good idea to throw it in the water (???). So when I finally got her to admit she had done it (she blamed Cullen, he blamed her) I told her we had to go find a worker and tell them what had happened so a bird wouldn't eat it and die. She broke down into tears and didn't want to tell them, but we eventually found someone, they got it out of the water, and all is well. Hopefully she learned her lesson!!

Ever wonder what a rats testicles look like?? Cullen got a kick out of this one.

And the best of all was the Laughing Kookabura. I tried to get a good video of them, but their best "laughter" happened before I could get the camera ready. Their "laugher" is AWESOME!!