The afternoon became pretty busy at the St. Louis Zoo. In fact, things became uncomfortably crowded considering the zoo was requiring reservations and limiting admission. In the end, we were shoulder-to-shoulder with visitors and ready to leave. We saw many of the standard animals, but as I mentioned in a previous writing, I don't take many pictures of animals where it looks like thy are in an unnatural setting.
After riding the zoo train for a while, we wanted to make sure to see (and touch) the historical aviary, which was originally constructed for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. We talked about the fair in class, so I was sure to take some shots of the large, walk-through cage which was definitely overbuilt for its purpose. The aviary provides a quiet place for a few birds in the zoo's collection.
