Thursday, March 26, 2009

Lincoln Park Zoo

After we finished shooting at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, we walked across the way to the Lincoln Park Zoo. Here are a few of the animals we saw...

African Wild Dog

American Avocet

Andean Bear with some kind of mouth problem.

Another Andean Bear

Sleepy Andean Bear with some scary claws!

Andean Tern

Andean Tern

Black and White Colobus Monkey

Beaver

Blue Billed Duck

Cavy

Griffin

Female Gorilla

Harbor Seal

Hornbill

Kookaburra

Mandarin Ducks

Meerkat - I love how incredibly expressive they are and was really fascinated by this, as evidenced by the multitude of pictures of them.








Polar Bear


Puma

River Otter

Tawney Frogmouth

SOme kind of tropical bird of which I forgot to check the name.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Saturday, after we saw Katie off to her visit with her dad, we went to the Lincoln Park Conservatory to enjoy a beautiful day! Here are some of the thngs we saw...





Nothing says spring like a foxglove!

Talk about nature's sunshine!!


Love the peach flavor!







Ok, I know it isn't a plant, but it looked nice!

The ant was a nice bonus!