The San Diego Zoo

Quote of the day:
“Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.”
--John Benfield

Merrie and I had a delightful afternoon at the zoo the other day.

I was surprised at the large number of tourists at the zoo on a February weekday. Schoolchildren on field trips I can understand. But there sure were a lot of rental cars in the parking lot. Of course, it IS the most-popular tourist attraction in the city.

It was a little cool and around lunchtime, and I think many of the animals were being tended to. There was much more animal activity than usual.

Exotic lorikeets were exploring their cages. A bird of paradise bellowed at the top of his lungs. Mongeese nuzzled in together for a nap. An anteater carried two babies on her back.

The meercats pictured above were just inches from the edge of their enclosure. They were behaving like pampered celebrities. Which they are, of course. They have their own TV show.

There was a stunning black and brown squirrel, although I don’t think it was called a squirrel. Elsewhere there was a neighborhood ground squirrel jumping into a cage to steal some veggies.

We spent some time watching a pair of exotic grey pigeons the size of turkeys with Phyllis Diller feathers on their heads.

As I say, not a bad afternoon.