{"id":480,"date":"2008-07-03T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T23:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2008-07-03T21:14:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T02:14:42","slug":"day-at-the-columbus-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"Day at the Columbus Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we met my parents, both sisters (plus kids) and brother (plus girls) at the zoo.  The zoo has changed a lot since we were there last year.  The animals seemed to be more active than usual and we got to see a lot of the big ones moving around and\/or super close-up!   Ally LOVED the big aquarium and the manatees!<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manatee-1.jpg' title='manatee-1.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manatee-1.thumbnail.jpg' alt='manatee-1.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-manatee-mural.jpg' title='ally-manatee-mural.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-manatee-mural.thumbnail.jpg' alt='ally-manatee-mural.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aquarium-1.jpg' title='aquarium-1.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aquarium-1.thumbnail.jpg' alt='aquarium-1.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aquarium-2.jpg' title='aquarium-2.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aquarium-2.thumbnail.jpg' alt='aquarium-2.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-and-n-on-alligator.jpg' title='a-and-n-on-alligator.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-and-n-on-alligator.thumbnail.jpg' alt='a-and-n-on-alligator.jpg' \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Nicholas got some nectar to feed the birds. . .he even got one to sit on his arm.  Ally thought it was hilarious!  It looks like she is leaning in to give the bird a kiss!. . but she was just leaning in for a good look \ud83d\ude42  Ally really isn&#8217;t trying to choke Nicholas in the one picture below, they really did have a fun day together!<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-bird2.jpg' title='ally-bird2.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-bird2.thumbnail.jpg' alt='ally-bird2.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-bird1.jpg' title='ally-bird1.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-bird1.thumbnail.jpg' alt='ally-bird1.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-and-n-1.jpg' title='ally-and-n-1.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ally-and-n-1.thumbnail.jpg' alt='ally-and-n-1.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/folded-arms.jpg' title='folded-arms.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/folded-arms.thumbnail.jpg' alt='folded-arms.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiger-statue.jpg' title='tiger-statue.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiger-statue.thumbnail.jpg' alt='tiger-statue.jpg' \/><\/a>    <\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the amazing animals we got to see up-close and personal!<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gorilla.jpg' title='gorilla.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gorilla.thumbnail.jpg' alt='gorilla.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/koala.jpg' title='koala.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/koala.thumbnail.jpg' alt='koala.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/orangutan.jpg' title='orangutan.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/orangutan.thumbnail.jpg' alt='orangutan.jpg' \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiger.jpg' title='tiger.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.bjmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiger.thumbnail.jpg' alt='tiger.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we met my parents, both sisters (plus kids) and brother (plus girls) at the zoo. 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