The final zoo photos from the second night

These are the last of the photos from the zoo.  If this is your first visit, you can see the ones I showed yesterday here and the photos I took the first night from the tram here and here.

For those of you just joining the tour, we are in the Australia area where we will see mostly birds and more birds.

We left off where I tried to get a photo of a black swan.  I was so excited, and it truly WAS the highlight of the night.

Some of the animals at the zoo were free to roam without restrictions.

The same can't be said for the Emu, which hid behind the fence.

Others walked directly in front of me (and my camera lens).

Some tried to hide,

while others viewed me with curiosity.

Then there were some that thought the camouflage would save them from my lens.

Next, we walked through a room and I thought we were finished with Australia.

Not so, because there were more birds to see.

Ah, these don't look like birds.

And they are cute, too!

More birds, but I didn't see a placard, so your guess is as good as mine.

That is supposed to be a fox sleeping in the grass, but all I managed to get was a great (NOT) photo of the fence holding him/her in.

You can see how we meandered around the area, because this is a shot facing west.

And then we were on the other side of the fox's pen.  This time I was able to get a photo of him/her sleeping.  That must have been one tired fox, because there were lots of kids screaming at it, and it didn't move a muscle.

And we are finally out of Australia.

Sally definitely looks worse for wear, and I could tell she was ready to go home, even though we had not seen the meerkats, which is what she really came to see.  Instead, she insisted it was time to leave, and, since it was getting late, anyway, I didn't try to find them.

As we walked back to the exit, I shot these photos.

I read somewhere that each zebra's markings are as unique as human fingerprints.

Two final shots of the pond outside the gate show the lilies that are not nearly as large as those found in the Amazon.

Thanks for joining me on this two week voyage.  I hope you enjoyed it, and I'm sure I'll be going back with Sally as soon as the weather cools a bit!