The kids and I hit The City Zoo this summer. There was torrential rain and flooding the day before so we weren't sure if it was going to be open. But as luck would have it, not only was it open but the heavy rains the day before kept many guests away and the weather quite a few degrees cooler. It was a fabulous day!
This beautiful peacock was one of the first to greet us. The peacocks at the zoo are able to go wherever they please (except out of the zoo, of course) so they just kinda run, and fly, and land on fences to pose for you.
Then we met the monkeys. They were quite inspiring:
The City Zoo has a fabulous children's zoo in it. That's where we met this guy:
The workers handed out little cups of something the birds love to drink and if you hold the cup out the birds will land on you to drink it. Princess was a little unsure so I let the bird land on me.
Bear won the staring contest. And, yes, I'm holding the bird on one hand and the camera with the other.
One lady had four birds on her at one time and if you look on the right side of the pic above you can see a girl with a bird on her shoulder. I guestimate there were at least 25 birds in the cage. An all green guy:
Then we raced down the slides.
And we helped each other climb tree houses.
We saw a Mama Peacock and her baby taking a walk.
We saw a tortoise shell up close...
...and then saw the real live thing!
One of the highlights of the day was seeing this peacock...
...open his tail feathers! It is not only amazing but also very noisy. It's like he has to shake them out to get them to open, but man was it super cool to see! 
If you look on the right side of the picture below, behind the peacock you can see the female he was showing off for. She loved it and came running! =)
Popeye made friends with a hippo.
And Princess made friends with an elephant skull. Kidding.
This is only half of our zoo adventure. More pics tomorrow!Bridget
