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One of my favorite places anywhere is the zoo and Seattle has a wonderful one! My son, knowing how I love zoos, took me there for my Mother's Day treat last year and what a wonderful day it was! So, I thought I would share that fun part of my world today. The history is courtesy of Wikipedia, but the photos are all mine. Do click on any of the photos to embiggen and get a better look.
Woodland Park Zoo is a zoological garden around the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Occupying the western half of Woodland Park, the zoo began as a small menagerie on the estate of Guy C. Phinney, a Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer. Opened in 1899, the 188-acre (0.76 km2) Woodland Park was sold to the city for $5,000 in cash and the assumption of a $95,000 mortgage on December 28, 1899, by Phinney's wife (Phinney had died six years earlier, in 1893). The sum was so large that the Seattle mayor vetoed the acquisition, only to be over-ruled by the city council. In 1902, the Olmsted Brothers firm of Boston was hired to design the city's parks, including Woodland Park, and the next year the collection of the private Leschi Park menagerie was moved to Phinney Ridge.
Entrance to the African Section of the Zoo.
As of 2009, the zoo includes 92 acres (263,000 m²) of exhibits and public spaces. It is open to the public daily, and an entrance fee of $11.00 per adult (13-64); $8.00 for children (3-12); free for children 2 and younger is required from October 1 to April 30. The fee goes to $16.50 for adults and $11.00 for children from May 1 to September 30. Its collection includes:
• 1,090 animal specimens
• 300 animal species
• 35 endangered and five threatened animal species
• 7,000 trees
• 50,000+ shrubs and herbs
• 1,000+ plant species
Woodland Park Zoo had 1.05 million visitors in 2006.
It is all a very natural setting and sometimes you have to look closely to see the animals as they wander through the trees and around the ponds.
Look closely to see the hippo and zebras enjoying their "wild" space!
Scattered throughout the zoo are statues of the various animals!
Royal as always, the lion surveys his kingdom!
There is a very interesting program about birds where you can get up close and personal with a variety of owls and various birds of prey.
I loved seeing the children "communicating" with the seals!!
And the lovely and colorful flamingos! There was a mallard standing in front of them as though he was conducting some kind of exercise program in neck rolling!
And that's my fun, four-legged, winged world for today!
