Sunday, February 11, 2007

Wilderness at the mall





















We are not a mall family. My kids went twice throughout the entire year in 2006. Neither Chris or I enjoy the crowds or the hustle and bustle- it always comes down to us niot needing something so badly we need to go!
We are a birding family though, birds of prey being a real favorite. While out and about we decided we would brave the mall and have alook at the birds of prey on display and the reptiles. The was a wide selection of snakes, many of whom we learnt are native to this area which left us looking forward to looking for more snakes on our hikes in the spring. The birds were ones we are very familiar with. It was humourous to listen to people ask the handler questions and my kids pipe up with the answers. They have really embraced the information on their own; all of them and feel comfortable sharing it. So this trip to the mall wasn't so bad.

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