Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo in Indiana
April 26, 2007
The weather turned colder last night and the clouds have moved in, large dark pufferbelly clouds bringing bolts of light and clashes of noise and the drumming of rain. We drove over to Evansville’s Mesker Park Zoo and made it inside just as the rains came. We ran for cover under the tram stop then ran into the Kley Building. Inside we walked through a plastic chain door and were greeted by free flying birds of South America. 
A large chicken-like bird came over to Will to see if he had anything of interest. On one side the birds had a free flight area, on the other was a bank of cages housing a variety of other creatures. 
Will tried to shake hands with the iguana. Through an archway Scarlet Ibis had their own little pond. Through another entryway was a dark world with strange animals and insects. In a large glass enclosure was the largest python we had ever seen.
The rain stopped and we walked around outside. A baby Mockingbird sat in a bush. We watched what looked like its first flight. The hippo here is a big guy not like the little pygmy hippos of the Gladys Porter Zoo.
We entered the Enchanted Forest. 
Kathy read a book. The camels were tall with two big humps; the humps are fat deposits not water pouches. The cranes were interesting giving off loud squawks and curious coming over to the fence to see if we had anything interesting. The stork was doing some kind of mating dance. Every time Will clucked he would throw his head back, open his wings and smack his beak together. 
The Ringtails were very interested in us; they came up to the fence and stared at us. 
We walked past the otter to the ostrich. Will raised his hands and got its attention! They entertained each other for a while. Then we past the cheetah and watched the zebra who were in the same enclosure with the giraffe. 
The baby zebra was just a month old. Scattered throughout the zoo are peacocks. 
The males would fan out their tail feathers into some fantastic displays. They would shake them and turn about trying to impress the females. Will found Kathy a four-foot feather. He had to climb under a fence to get it! In the Discovery building there was a display of children’s artwork using recycled material. Memories of kindergarten days rolled by. 
Remember Yurtle The Turtle from Kalamazoo by Dr. Seuss? Well we watched turtles were trying to climb up on each other to make a tower just like that! W e watched a snake eat a rabbit! The jaws work separately and it slowly worked it into its mouth ears and head first and the last to get sucked in were the feet. 
He was one happy snake!
After a day at the zoo we made our way over to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and trivia; Will made the local board. Then we drove to the Waldorf for the night. We watched Clan of the Cave Bear.
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The weather turned colder last night and the clouds have moved in, large dark pufferbelly clouds bringing bolts of light and clashes of noise and the drumming of rain. We drove over to Evansville’s Mesker Park Zoo and made it inside just as the rains came. We ran for cover under the tram stop then ran into the Kley Building. Inside we walked through a plastic chain door and were greeted by free flying birds of South America. 
A large chicken-like bird came over to Will to see if he had anything of interest. On one side the birds had a free flight area, on the other was a bank of cages housing a variety of other creatures. 
Will tried to shake hands with the iguana. Through an archway Scarlet Ibis had their own little pond. Through another entryway was a dark world with strange animals and insects. In a large glass enclosure was the largest python we had ever seen.The rain stopped and we walked around outside. A baby Mockingbird sat in a bush. We watched what looked like its first flight. The hippo here is a big guy not like the little pygmy hippos of the Gladys Porter Zoo.
We entered the Enchanted Forest. 
Kathy read a book. The camels were tall with two big humps; the humps are fat deposits not water pouches. The cranes were interesting giving off loud squawks and curious coming over to the fence to see if we had anything interesting. The stork was doing some kind of mating dance. Every time Will clucked he would throw his head back, open his wings and smack his beak together. 
The Ringtails were very interested in us; they came up to the fence and stared at us. 
We walked past the otter to the ostrich. Will raised his hands and got its attention! They entertained each other for a while. Then we past the cheetah and watched the zebra who were in the same enclosure with the giraffe. 
The baby zebra was just a month old. Scattered throughout the zoo are peacocks. 
The males would fan out their tail feathers into some fantastic displays. They would shake them and turn about trying to impress the females. Will found Kathy a four-foot feather. He had to climb under a fence to get it! In the Discovery building there was a display of children’s artwork using recycled material. Memories of kindergarten days rolled by. 
Remember Yurtle The Turtle from Kalamazoo by Dr. Seuss? Well we watched turtles were trying to climb up on each other to make a tower just like that! W e watched a snake eat a rabbit! The jaws work separately and it slowly worked it into its mouth ears and head first and the last to get sucked in were the feet. 
He was one happy snake!After a day at the zoo we made our way over to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and trivia; Will made the local board. Then we drove to the Waldorf for the night. We watched Clan of the Cave Bear.
See more zoo pictures and movies in the Photo and Movie Galleries.
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