Feathered Greeters

 

The event I went to last Sunday night  started with greetings from some interesting characters.  First up was this Spectacled Owl. It's called that because the white color around its eyes looks like it is wearing glasses.  He looks very "wise" doesn't he?

The next one offering greetings was this yellow crested cockatoo.  I love that slight blush on its feathery cheek.  

The last of the feathered greeters was this Hyacinth Macaw.  We were told that this fellow doesn't care to be out doors after the sun goes down so he was about to depart for  his in-door perch.

All of these wonderful birds were part of the greeting of guests at the opening of the Phoenix Zoo's annual Zoo Lights event.  The event will be staged a little differently this year.  It will be a drive-through event.  My friends Julie and Dave are zoo supporters so they were able to go to the opening fundraiser and they invited me to go along.  It was fun.  We never got out of our car but we enjoyed the feathered greeters above along with dinner from a variety of food trucks and then as the sky darkened we got to drive through the zoo and enjoy the lights.  I'll have some photos of the "lights" in future posts.