Today we made our third

visit to Busch Gardens. We had already seen all the shows and had little interest in the rides. We decided we would spend the whole day just playing with the animals. During the day there are scheduled programs at the major animal exhibits throughout the park, but there are also many scheduled encounters throughout the park where a keeper will bring out an animal for a one-on-one interaction with visitors. We bounced around the park all day catching

these sidewalk encounters. We played with Ybor the Cuban iguana, Olivia the Virginia opossum, Rainbow the harlequin macaw, Emmett the screech owl, Boris the tawny frogmouth, Rocky the eastern box turtle and Dagwood the yellow rat snake. We got to know the handlers so well that Natasha invited us for some personal behind-the-fence encounters with Beaker the Caribbean and Pinky and Stinky the Chilean flamingos, and all their flamingo friends. We also played with Versace the gray crowned crane and Pancho and Axle the crested screamers. We had a great time petting and feeding these exotic birds. Oh yeah, we also found our way to the beer garden.
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