Trip to Tracy Aviary (and Trader Joe's!)

Earlier this spring we met up with my friend Christine and her boys (and Heather and Ky and Grace came along) at the Dinosaur Park in Ogden.  That day we lucked out and both bought season passes, which also get us into a handful of other parks/museums, including Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake, which we haven't been to since Sam was still in utero and Callie was just two.  On Monday, July 8th,  Christine invited us to go with her and her boys, Zachy and Timmy, to check it out with our passes.  And since we were in the neighborhood, she offered to show me around Trader Joe's afterward (and told me all the really great things to try!).  What a fun outing!

Some fun little kits I spotted in the gift shop.
Just saving for future gift ideas.

I love STEM toys!

The boys checking out the pelican pond.

Playing with the twirly bird sculpture at the
entrance to the park.

Visiting a hornbill.

The hug-a-tree area sponsored by the salt lake knitting guild.

Crowned cranes.

Spoonbills.

Some kind of owl.

Climbing the observation tower in Owl Forest.

Scarlet ibis.

In the South America Pavilion.

Cute boys!

Sam liked the Macaws.

Peacock sighting in the wild!

 

The cutest baby ducks!

Flamingos!  This was Cal's favorite spot.

bonus video!

"flummoxed flamingos"

Don't know what this tree is, but we like it!

Back at the hornbills.

These are pretty, too.  I think I took more
pics of flowers and trees than birds. (The other
bird pics I stole from Christine ;)

More cute knitting in the tree.

Historic mill building in the park.

Little free library by our lunch spot!

The duck family waddled by again while we ate.

My haul from Trader Joe's - had to try 'em all!