More of the Same

Last week was school vacation week and Lee spent almost every day visiting a children's museum with the girls.  I took Wednesday off from work and we headed back to the EcoTarium in Worcester.  The girls really loved the place when we visited in January and it was nice to return when the weather was a bit more balmy - high 60's, as opposed to the numbingly-close-to-0-degrees.  We got to see a bunch of animals that we didn't notice the first time around and the girls enjoyed being in a familiar place.

Hawk

We spent a bit more time outside this visit.

Elizabeth loved this exhibit last time and got a kick out of it this time as well.

One of many, many turtles.

Scarlet Macaw

Bald eagles

While I really loved the opportunity to see these animals, I was also completely saddened that so many majestic creatures (birds in particular) were in captivity.  I have since learned that almost every animal at the EcoTarium was rescued - for example, neither of these eagles can fly, they were both injured in the wild.  That makes me feel a little bit better.

At the playground.