Tracy Aviary

I have been wanting to check out the Tracy Aviary ever since we practically moved right next door to it. This weekend I was nannying for some darling kids and we decided to go check it out. I was a little leery because I always feel sad when I go to the zoo so I wasn't sure how I would react to a zoo just for birds. For the most part the birds seemed happy, except for the big old owl whose eyes were begging me to set him free. I did like the fact that the peacocks were roaming about--one was even brave enough to eat right out of my hand!



The highlight of the Aviary was getting to feed the Sun Conures. They are small colorful birds, relatives to the parrot I think, and they love apples! I thought the kids would love it; Well, they loved the idea but when we actually got into the cage and there were all sorts of squawking birds flying around their heads they were a little nervous. After watching birds land all over me (including my head) and seeing that I was thoroughly enjoying myself they both got up the courage to feed them--it was so fun watching their little faces! We each had a chopstick with a sliced apple on the end and they would fly up and just sit and nibble. Basically I want to go and feed them everyday. The only problem is that they don't really like to be touched. Bummer.


Then we played for the rest of the day at Liberty Park.

I love this shot of Emily- She loved to be spun extra fast on the tire swing and couldn't stop laughing!