点评:Perfect day to visit this beautiful sanctuary, Monday afternoon. No huge crowds to fight, gorgeous weather in mid-February. Saw lots of interesting birds up close, some would even walk up to you for food. But if you're going in the afternoon, don't bother paying a dollar for the bag of flamingo food. The flamingos won't eat it -- they're all full from being feed all morning long. None of them were interested in our handouts at all. And you're not supposed to feed the peacocks according to what was written on the bag of food. I think you can feed the other birds though. You may want to ask at the ticket counter. The live animal event featured a blind albino opossum and an teeny tiny owl on this day -- they have different animals on different days. This is not a zoo -- it's an animal rescue and sanctuary, so the talk they gave at the event centered around how they help the animals and what the public can do to help the animals. Education. Love that. Beautiful peacocks everywhere. The butterfly room wasn't as filled with butterflies as much as I've seen at other exhibits like the Milwaukee Public Museum, but maybe that depended on the time of year or something. Take the tram ride to see the whole park. When we went there were two huge gators in a smallish pen, perhaps they are waiting to be moved to another place where they can have more room, I'm not sure. The bear had unfortunately passed away, so was not on exhibit. But they had a puma cub that was new to the place, I think the sign said it was the very first day it was on exhibit so they were asking the public to be restrained a bit so as not to frighten it. We spent about 2-3 hours there and had a great time.
翻译:周一下午是参观这座美丽保护区的绝佳时机。没有拥挤的人潮,二月中旬的天气也格外宜人。近距离观赏了许多有趣的鸟类,有些甚至会主动走到你面前讨食。不过,如果你下午去的话,就别浪费钱买那袋火烈鸟饲料了。火烈鸟根本不会吃——它们上午已经被喂饱了。它们对我们的食物也毫无兴趣。而且,根据饲料袋上的说明,孔雀是不能喂的。不过,我觉得其他鸟类是可以喂的。你可以去售票处问问。当天的动物展示活动展出了一只失明的白化负鼠和一只小小的猫头鹰——他们每天展示的动物都不一样。这里不是动物园,而是一个动物救助和保护区,所以活动上的讲解主要围绕着他们如何救助动物以及公众可以做些什么来帮助动物。寓教于乐,我很喜欢这一点。到处都是美丽的孔雀。蝴蝶馆里的蝴蝶没有我在其他展览馆(比如密尔沃基公共博物馆)看到的那么多,不过也许跟季节有关。可以坐电车游览整个公园。我们去的时候,看到两只巨大的鳄鱼被关在一个比较小的围栏里,也许它们正在等待被转移到更大的地方,我不确定。很遗憾,熊已经去世了,所以没有展出。不过,他们有一只新来的美洲狮幼崽,我记得告示牌上写着这是它首次展出,所以他们提醒游客不要惊扰它。我们在那里待了大约两三个小时,玩得很开心。