Ha, I said I was going to drag this out didn't I? So here is part 3 of our Aussie Zoo adventure- the Birds! I have to say that my favourite bird was definitely the Andean Condor that they brought out during the wildlife show- he was huge- and he was still a juvenile! You see them on Discovery channel doing that kind of hop/jump when they're heading over to a carcass- but it was amazing to see this huge bird bounding around in person! There's a rain forest bird avery that you can walk through with heaps of birds bomb diving you as you walk through, which JBV got a kick out of! Then we came across the "Birds of Prey" exhibit. We couldn't see anything in there! JBV wanted to go in, and wouldn't listen to me when I was trying to tell him that this wasn't like the rain forest avery- you couldn't walk through it! And he was a bit skeptical when one of the workers told him the same thing, adding that it wouldn't be wise to go in there with these meat eating birds anyway! But as we were walking away- a wedge tail eagle came bounding out of the scrub. This thing was so huge, and didn't seem like it could fly! But JBV quickly changed his mind about wanting to go in with these birds!
Australia Zoo Part 1
Australia Zoo Part II: Where Crocs Rule! (and lizards too!!)
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Andean Condor
Wedge Tailed Eagle
Australian Darter - Shag
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Blue and Gold Macaw
Juvenile Scrub Turkey
Bush Stone-Curlew
Cassowary
White Egret- This guy is actually just a wild bird that hangs around during the croc shows to pick up the bits of food the croc misses!
Emu
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