Just Monkeying Around - Talking to the Animals at the St. Louis Zoo

On the beautiful day we visited the St. Louis Zoo with our grandson,

we also spent some time with the animals

For these big cats, it appeared to be nap time.

This big brown bear seemed to be enjoying sleeping in the sun.

Others just seemed to be laying down to rest.

What an unusual way this Sea Lion is sunbathing!

We talked to the Animals---That is the Giraffe Family---or at least the mother Giraffe seemed to be trying to tell us something.  If you click on the collage, the pictures will appear larger.

This Prairie Dog appeared to be well fed....and also liked to pose for pictures.

This Zebra was quite a beauty!

While this old Camel seemed to be checking to see
if his hump was still in place.

This donkey was standing so still, it looked like a statue.

Of course, we couldn't miss the Pink Flamingos.

As we were heading for home, we had to stop and say goodby to the Little Blue Engine. There were still a lot of animals to see, but we will need to return another day.

Beautiful Day for Birds - At the St. Louis Zoo

It was a beautiful August day in St. Louis.

A perfect day to visit the zoo with our grandson as our guide.

Our first stop was to see the birds who were playing

in one of the lakes and in with the penguins.

Many of the birds lived in with the zoo animals.

This one kind of made me think of "Big Bird" from Sesame Street

This guy seemed to be laughing at all of us.

While we stoped for a bite to eat, this noisy bunch invaded the eating area.  I'm not sure if this was a "bad hair day" or what!

There were some caged in areas where this eagle appeared very bored and not too happy to be having everyone staring at him.

His friend in the next cage over was quite interesting.  If you didn't see one eye peaking through those feathers, it was hard to tell if you were looking at his front or his back because his beak blended in so well.  I'm not sure either one of them was too happy to be there.

There was a really neat area where we were able to go through some doors and be inside the cage with the birds.  They were extremely beautiful and seemed to be color coordinated.

There was also a whole large building filled with birds behind vertical wires in settings similar to their natural habitat.  They were very beautiful and colorful; however, the lighting was not always the best for taking pictures; because if you needed to use a flash, usually just the wires showed up.

This bird has such striking eyes.

These two parrots were carrying on quite a noisy conversation.

This guy appreared to be carrying a banana on his head...Quite the bird!

This little beauty's bright red head appeared to have faded on her breast.

As we were heading for the gate to go home, we saw this lovely peacock making himself pretty.


As I said before, it was a beautiful day at the zoo!