More Zoo Fun

We attended our zoo parent's picnic last night (a zoo parent sponsorship of the Jaguar was our wedding gift from my dad!), and it was great to have access to the animals, with so few other people there and in the evening when a lot of them seemed to be more active than we've seen them before. Here are a few favorite pictures from our evening out at the zoo.

They had several animals out of cages and available to touch, like an albino hedgehog (he was SO cute), and this Boa Constrictor.

I wish I had a better camera, let me tell you! This Lion was totally posing for me.

I'd never actually seen the hyenas out and about before. This guy was walking all over and wasn't shy at all about having his picture taken.

The Snow Leopard took up a lot of our time and attention, though. She was completely gorgeous, and sank into this position just after we arrived to watch her play in her habitat.

As awesome as these four were at capturing our attention, my favorite shot of the day was of the adorable Red Panda snoozing in a tree. But that made it over to my Project 365 Blog, so you'll have to head over there to peek at it.

Thanks again for the awesome zoo parentship gift, dad! We really have enjoyed it this year, and look forward to continuing our sponsorship of the Sacramento Zoo in the years to come. Oh, and ummm...Happy Father's Day too!