Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle

 The most impressive thing about the zoo at Christmas time were the CHristmas displays.  We saw a few animals, but most of my pictures were of displays.  We went there as Ayden wanted to see giraffes for her birthday.  We did find them.  I remember taking giraffe pictures, but none of them are on my phone.  I did get a lion picture though; and lots of birds.  I also remember the penguin display as you enter the zoo but don't have any pictures.

The Christmas decorations are quite impressive.

Raptors: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

We sat for the raptor show, red tailed hawk, turkey vulture, owl, chicken (not a raptor), falcon.  The host also said there was a bald eagle flying around scaring some of the  birds, and causing a commotion in the local crows.  I never saw it.  A raptor is a bird that uses its talons to kill and tear food.  (Turkey vultures do not usually kill food, but tear it.)

red tailed hawk is the most commonly seen raptor.  They are often flying above the freeways searching for mice.

The crazy chicken was fun, and made a bee-line for the barn. 

The turkey vulture buzzed me twice, and I ducked both times.  It came right at me and veered the last second to its perch. 

 The vulture even picked up trash.
The owl was very funny, and very cute with his pointed ears which aren't really ears.

The show then ended with a falcon, which was crazy fast and back and forth around the grounds in no time at all.