The Bronx Zoo

July 4th week is over. Family came and visited and we kept ourselves from wilting in the heat. It was a quiet week, with a trip to Brooklyn, a movie, some walks, and reading to keep ourselves occupied. Now that the kids and I are back in Summer Vacation Mode, we jumped at the invitation to join some friends at the zoo. We are fortunate enough to live just 20 minutes from The Bronx Zoo, and we do visit a lot. Each time we see something new, it seems, and it's for this reason that we keep going back.

The World of Birds had amazing displays and we took them all in.





Eyelashes on a bird! We were stunned.



There were baby prairie dogs everywhere!



And the peacocks were strutting their stuff, even though mating season was over. Typical.



Then these wise old faces . . .





The kids could not get over the markings on the tapir. So unusual.



And there is yet another baby sea lion, just born on June 1st. Absolutely adorable.



It's The Queens Zoo next for us. Have never been and can't wait to check it out.