songbird's crazy world

The New York Wildlife Conservation Society operates five parks within the City of New York.  The largest and most famous of these is The Bronx Zoo , a 265 acre park filled with wildlife from all over the world.  You could spend a day at the Bronx Zoo and still not see everything the zoo has to offer.  Drew and I are proud members of the WCS.  That means we have unlimited admision into each of the five parks.   You can read about a day we spent in the Bronx Zoo here . The WCS also runs the Central Park Zoo.   The Central Park Zoo is very small, only about 6.5 acres, but very charming.  I love the clock that sits atop the tower on the walkway between the zoo and the children's zoo. Then there's the Prospect Park Zoo , about twice the size of the zoo in Central Park, located in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.  Also in Brooklyn, on 14 acres along  the Boardwalk in Coney Island, is the New York Aquarium , the oldest continually oper...

 Drew and I are members of the New York  Wildlife Conservation Society : Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society was one of the first conservation organizations in the U.S. The Society began with a clear mandate: Advance wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoo. In fact we have five: the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium. As members we have access to all four zoos and the aquarium.  So when you take vacation days and your trip gets cancelled, what do you do? You go to the zoo. The  Bronx Zoo , to be specific. The Bronx Zoo is huge.  We were there almost a full day and didn’t see everything.  It can be expensive — in addition to parking and admission, there are activities and exhibits that charge an extra fee,  all included in our membership.  We did a lot of those activities.  You can spend the whole day in th...