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2015-06-06 01:46 pm
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Aviary

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New improved enclosed peacocks
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2015-04-24 07:41 pm
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3:00 snapshot #1968: Thursday

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Birdwatching out the window.
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2015-03-26 06:17 pm

3:00 snapshot #1939: Wednesday

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Bird's World zookeepers stand next to a Children's Zoo exhibit, the prairie dogs, which temporarily also contains their peacocks.
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2015-03-12 08:22 pm
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Me and the boys

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Over by the playground I found these guys perching, so I took a cool selfie.
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2015-02-17 05:31 pm

Organizing birds in the winter

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Get all your ducks in a row they said. Well, all the peacocks are in a row, that should count for something.

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All the ducks are in a small amount of unfrozen water--impossible to get in a row.
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2015-02-13 07:48 pm

3:00 snapshot #1898: Thursday

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The new peacocks have been reliably staying near Bird's World lately. It could be the food, or it could be the heater. Watch out for the deathcicle, guys!
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2015-01-11 12:28 pm

3:00 snapshot #1864: Friday

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Bird's World in the snow. This is the oldest building in the zoo, built in 1913, when "Oriental" architecture was fashionable.

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In the same location: peacock tracks in the fresh snow.
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2015-01-09 07:31 pm
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urbpan: (dandelion)
2014-12-07 11:38 am
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Unintentional mixed species exhibit

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Schoolkids fascinated by a peacock in the prairie dog exhibit.
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2014-08-29 08:08 pm

P-dogs and Peacocks

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The new peacocks have figured out where the best food is.
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2014-08-17 06:05 pm
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3:00 snapshot #1721: Friday

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The new blue chickens like to hang out in the garden next to the concession stand.
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2014-07-13 11:16 am
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Peacocks descending a roof

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The new peacocks are still exploring the zoo. On this morning they were all on the roof of my building. Eventually they decided to leave, one by one.

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2014-03-22 07:24 am
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urbpan: (dandelion)
2013-12-06 06:22 pm

3:00 snapshot #1473

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Preparing peacock diets.

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2013-10-25 07:35 pm

3:00 snapshot #1433: Zoo in Autumn.

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A chilly and vacant Children's Zoo Barnyard.

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2013-09-06 07:49 pm

3:00 snapshot #1383 plus bonus NEWEST ZOO ANIMAL

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The Newest Zoo Animal isn't this young cross orbweaver, cowering in the fake wood of my pesticide shed.

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urbpan: (dandelion)
2013-07-27 09:31 am

3:00 snapshot #1342, #1343

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That view out my office window sometimes gets more interesting.

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2013-07-10 09:23 pm

3:00 snapshot #1332

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Peacock by the budgie aviary.

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Some friends have a certain kind of energy that acts as a kind of social glue that keeps their other friends close.
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2013-05-13 07:36 pm

Yet more creatures in and of the zoo; lemur-heavy.

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Matching the gorgeous spring weather, the blue chickens are pretty and like to lie in the mulch.
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