Evening at the Dickerson Park Zoo
/My daughter and I enjoyed a late-in-the day visit to the Dickerson Park Zoo last week – seeing the animals and enjoying a Molly Healey concert in the amphitheater. It was sprinkling when we got there. The rain gardens at the edges of the parking lot were looking particularly lush after a wet spring.
The vegetation in the zoo itself was as well. I noted the oak leaf hydrangea in near the entrance and the catalpa trees along the raised boardwalk that were mostly finished blooming – and saw a catalpa seed pod beginning to form. There was clematis growing on the supports of the deck around the café. I noticed a stand of yuccas in bloom too.
Some of the signs looked like they had been updated recently….were in better shape than I had ever seen them.
The peacocks were around as usual although I didn’t see as many out and about so maybe some had already retreated to their roosting area. I didn’t see any peachicks either.
The high point of the animals were the 3 cheetah cubs that were out with their mom.
The baby giraffe is a bit older than the cubs. All the giraffes were reaching for lettuce and the shortest didn’t manage to get any!
The single lion was caroling as she moved around near the back of her enclosure – could be heard throughout the zoo as easily as the peacocks!
It was in interesting time – with the day winding down and light rain.
It didn’t rain during the concert but the humidly must have been very high. It was warm enough to feel sticky but not terrifically uncomfortable. The audience was probably a little less than expected because of the rain. We were glad we went and will consider going to other evening events at the zoo.
