Carlos and I were lucky in that the day we visited the zoo was part of a belated earth day celebration so a lot of the animals received fun enrichment items made of recycled materials and/or food. We saw the tigers play with recycled cardboard tubes filled with foodstuffs, giant Amazon river otters trying to extract fish from bamboo tubes, and sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) eating popsicles (fruit frozen into ice)!
Onto the Wings of Asia exhibit -- the huge aviary that is one of my favorite parts of the Miami Metro Zoo.
The birds were extremely active during this visit and I tried to take pictures and identify most of the birds that I saw.
White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus):
These Plumed Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna eytoni) were having a good time drifting through the fish-rich waters:
Fishies!
This Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) was so cute and really wanted to eat some food out of one of the bird food-filled bowls on the floor, but a duck was sitting in the bowl and didn't want to share:
Nicobar Pigeons (Caloenas nicobarica) were walking everywhere within the aviary -- their plumage is so beautiful!
This sweet Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) was resting and cooing on a rope lining one of the trails in the aviary.
I have a few more pictures of birds in the aviary, but I haven't identified them yet, so they will have to wait. After visiting all the exhibits we wanted to see in the zoo, Carlos and I stopped at an ice cream stand before leaving and got...Dippin Dots!! I love this -- it is the ice cream of the future after all!
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