New Zoo

We had beautiful, warm weather yesterday so we took off to Montgomery to check out our closest zoo. We were extremely impressed, both with their collection of animals and their habitats. They had several large open habitats that mimic the African savannah with all kinds of deer, zebras, giraffes and birds. They also have the most active lions I have ever seen. A male and a female together in a habitat that overlooks the savannah. Every so often, the male would go to the top of the mound in the lion habitat, look down over the plains and roar so loudly you could hear it all over the zoo. It was awesome to hear and even more awesome to see as the great roar would make his body shake with reverberations for minutes after. Their animals were all very active and playful so it was a great zoo trip.





The Montgomery Zoo is all about the babies. They have a very successful breeding program and that means lots of little ones to see. I think Jonathan and I agreed that the baby elephant was the cutest. It followed her mom everywhere but had to run to keep up.
















Sean really enjoyed himself this trip. He really noticed the animals. He would stop and listen when the lion roared and the chimpanzees or spider monkeys started howling, but he was only really alarmed by the cries of the giant Macaws. These giant birds would shriek loudly at each other every so often and Sean would look so startled and then run for cover. It was pretty funny. It's a good thing he doesn't live in the African wild, though. Those instincts aren't the best (lions are okay, but Macaws are the real danger). He was enthralled by some bright red birds that were down on his level. And he watched this Spectacled Bear with an itch for a long time.









As we were leaving the zoo, this peacock decided to impress us . Pretty nifty.