One of the first stops was the bird area. While I was feeding Henry outside of the area everyone else went in and said that it was crazy when all the birds took off at the same time. Talk about a major fly by. There were many birds that looked just like these three.
The warthogs were up and running through their pen. They sure are an interesting breed. One thing that was really good about this trip was that for the most part all of the animals were either active or at least visible. Many times in the past I haven't seen as many of the animals as I did this time. It was great.
I love the pictures on a board with the heads cut out. Here are my prairie dogs.
Giraffes are cool. I was slightly disappointed that we didn't get to have a peek at the new baby. By new I mean I think that she had been introduced to visitor like us the week before. We did get to see her mama though. I think it would be cool to see a giraffe in it's real habitat.
One of my first visits to the zoo the lion made a roar for us and then he hacked up a hair ball. This time he was content to stay in the shade directly behind Parker, a little ways in the back but we did see him.
Roar!
There was a gorilla who used to live in Atlanta and his name was Willie. Now I wish I had Willie in this picture but I think he was taking care of a little Lincoln at the time. 
I thought this was a fun place to have all my kids in the picture with me. The gorilla mom and her baby. I do feel at times I have a bunch of gorillas/monkeys running around. The kids are sweet and I love them. They had a great time.
The best part of the day. We did have a new baby Panda born awhile ago and for the first time I saw her. Both of the older Pandas were awake and one was having an afternoon snack. It was great to watch them interact. I do appreciate that we get to see wonderful exotic animals in zoos but at the same time it would really be great to see them thriving in their own habitat.
We stopped to get our hands stamped with a panda. Lincoln wanted to wash his off right away. See how the map is in his hand. He always wanted the map and to know where we were. Even a few weeks after the trip he was still asking for his map. In fact as I write this (in Oct.) he has asked for his map this month. I guess we will have to plan another trip to the zoo.
Parker became a little obsessed with the stamp machine.
Below are a few of our favorite videos. I did have one of a train coming through a tunnel but for some reason it just won't load.
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