Members only picnic

Dave and Nan looking at the turtles!!!

Tonight was the members only picnic at Elmwood Park Zoo! We had a lot of fun, but it was so crowded! There were about 1200 members there tonight. We had to park far away at the boccie ball court and walk the whole length of the zoo on the street to get to the entrance. The zoo staff was nice enough to let us let out the back gate by the prairie dogs so that we didn't have to walk on the street in the dark. Here are just a few pictures of our fun night.

Yes, this is the porcupine hanging upside down!

Nan and Dave looking at Joan, the new pig, that arrived at the zoo tonight. She was a little shy and was hiding in her house.

Dave seeing how far he can jump and what animal his jumping matches up too.

The bobcats now live next to the birds. It looked like they were trying to stalk the birds through the cage. Dave watched the bobcat for quite some time to see if the birds would get scared but they never did.

Dave watching the otters. They had just gotten out of the water.