A Weird Thing Happens at the Zoo

Yesterday we took Caroline to the zoo for the first time. We'd been wanting to go for most of the week, but the days had been chilly and rainy so we didn't go until Friday. The Denver Zoo was bigger than I expected, and prettier too. I can see how people would go there just to stroll around for a bit and enjoy all of the big trees.

But...speaking of trees...as the title of this post suggests, we had a weird thing happen. We were in the "hoofed animals" section of the zoo and had taken Caroline out of the stroller so she could see the animals. The cement walls and railings in this part of the zoo made it hard for her to see the animals if she was in her stroller. We were under the shade of a large tree, when I heard leaves rustling and then this soft "thud" sound. A baby bird fell right onto the seat of Caroline's stroller!!! The poor little thing was dead - I don't know if it had been dead and so the mommy bird pitched it out of the nest, or if it fell out and the fall killed it. It was too tiny to have been trying to fly.

I can only imagine what would have happened if Caroline had been in the stroller. It would have fallen right in her lap! I'm sure she would have picked it up and tried to stick it in her mouth. Then I would have had to make a weird call to the pediatrician's office. :-) So anyway, we had a good time. But we just couldn't believe that! What are the chances?

Here are some pictures from the day...at one point it started to rain for a few minutes, so I put her little yellow hoodie on her. What a cutie! I think Caroline's favorites were the ducks/geese and seals. The last picture is of her watching the birds in the water.