Cosley Zoo

We have discovered Wheaton's awesome (and free!) Cosley Zoo. It is beautifully landscaped, as you will see in the photos below. There are tons of trees and the pathways are brick. This zoo reminds me of the "Children's Zoo" section of Brookfield Zoo - mostly farm animals and birds, but you can get closer to the animals here.

There is a huge duck pond with about 30 ducks, all different breeds:

You can walk through the barn or view the animals outside. Here are the kids by the cows...Evie and Gavin didn't think much of them, or the horses either, until one cow and one horse pooped in front of us. Then the twins thought they were really neat -they kept pointing at the poop and giggling!

I don't think this coyote had been fed yet - he was pacing and staring intently at Gavin!

If you look on the left side of the photo below, you will see a deer lying down. You really can get pretty close!

Here is the small reptile area which has a few frogs and snakes. Evie and Gavin wanted to see each one:

Cosley Zoo also has story time and toddler programs, so we will be going there often!