SF Zoo, finally

We went to the SF Zoo. We had a good time. We watched the penguins get fed fish, and swim around and around their pond. John wanted to jump in and go swimming with them. We saw a zookeeper with a bald eagle on his arm giving a talk, but John didn't really care. Charles listened to him while we watched the penguins. Then we went to see the tigers in their new exhibit. It now has a very high Plexiglas wall. The tigers were lying around the door, because it was tiger lunch time. They used to feed the tigers in the big cat house, where they would go into tiny, old fashioned cages with metal bars and be fed there, up close for the audience. That cat house has been closed for awhile. One of the tigress was fat with pregnancy. She had the baby tiger this week.
We saw the lions and we kept saying "John, look! A lion, rawar!" and he said rawaarr back to the lions.

We saw the newborn giraffe in the new giraffe barn, but John didn't really care.

Then we went to the little farm petting zoo portion of the zoo. John loved that! there was a large duck pond overflowing with ducks. He kept trying to jump in with them. There were sheep and goats to pet and feed. He liked to follow this one goat around saying gah! gah! he fed them little goat chow kibbles one by one, putting them on the floor for them to eat, like he does for the dog.
The sheep weren't too friendly. They would come up and take the food from you, but then not let you pet them. Teases!
There were some large white farm ducks and geese who liked to eat the goat chow. John fed them even after the goose bit him a little.
They had little rakes and wheelbarrows for the kids to help clean up the poop. John kept swinging the rakes at the wild mallards. Then the petting zoo closed and we had to leave. That really upset John!
Finally it was time to go home. We saw some other things, but I don't remember them. We ate our packed lunch and went home, John falling asleep in the car on the way home.