There were a lot of really cool birds. I didn’t take pictures of any of them for some reason. Instead, have these non-bird-related things!
There was this thing where you could color in an animal and scan it into this digital scene and they’d walk around for a bit. Of course I picked a raccoon, and immediately tried to think of how to do funny things with the system (without resorting to anything foul). I came up with three things:
- Give the animal a silly name (meet Hurgusburgus!)
- Give the animal goofy-ass eyes
- Scan the same image multiple times to print a whole flock of your beautiful creation into being (sadly but understandably limited to three instances of Hurgusburgus, I think?)
So yeah, idk why they had this at the aviary, but it was cool and I had a silly time with it. I of course kept my masterpiece and will cherish it forever.
I also bought a bat plush for like 10$ in the gift shop! Her name, according to the tag, is Bathilda, which is adorable. I’m not always one for sticking to the name on the tag but I don’t know if I’ll come up with something better than Bathilda.