It’s a brand new year and apparently 2008 is trying to skip the rest of winter altogether and go right into spring. All the warm weather of the past few days has been great for the Zoo. There are crowds of people – even in the middle of the week. The gibbons are cavorting and somersaulting for the delight of all. The elephants and giraffes are back in their yards since the ice has melted away. Willie and I are back on a regular walking schedule. So are Loki and I. All is right with the world
The warm weather has also led to some weirdness though. It turns out that eating lunch outside in January leads to silliness in some of the staff here. There are insects hatching, like flies, that aren’t supposed to be around at this time of year. And Loki (the red-tailed hawk) has started making the same calls he does during courtship season – about 6 weeks too early! In a few days it will snow again. It may actually have snowed by the time this is posted. Then we’ll be forced to hunker down and endure the long, hard winter. But these few days respite have been greatly appreciated. Check out the link to watch one of our education ferrets, aka domestic polecats, out for a stroll on his harness. Ferrets are part of the weasel family and as such are ferocious rodent hunters. Our ferrets spend their time outside hot on the trail of the field mice that live in the grassy areas around the education center.
Hope you enjoyed some outdoor time during the warm days. See you next week!
