GOOD
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO MY WEST MICHIGAN. IT'S MONDAY.... MAY 20TH...
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE
FROM OUR4@4@
FROM OUR4@4@
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4@ GOOD
4@ GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO MY WEST MICHIGAN.
IT'S MONDAY.... MAY 20TH...
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE
FROM OUR
WZZM 13 TOWER CAM.4@
A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY ...
AFTER A ROUGH SUNDAY FOR SOME 4@
PARTS OF WEST MICHIGAN ...
INCLUDING A CONFIRMED 4@
4@
4@ TORNADO IN BARRY COUNTY. 4@
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4@4@4@4@4@4@ KIRK IS GIDDY ABOUT HIS FULL WEEKEND!4@4@
HAD A GREAT TIME CATCHING UP
WITH MY FRIEND MARY ELLEN MURPHY
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RADIO
RADIO GODDESS AT 92.1 WGHN IN MUSKEGON - WE CAUGHT UP AT HENNESYS IN
MUSKEGON CHECKED OUT A GREAT
BEATLES COVER BAND4@
CALLED THAT BEATLES THING THEY
ARE AWESOME - I HAVN'T SEEN
MARY ELLEN IN 20 YEARS AND HAD
SO MUCH FUN CATCHING UP! THEN
ON SUNDAY AT THE FARMERS
MARKET FOR RETRO EXPO - SCORED
THIS AWESOME 1968 RADIO FOR
MONTGOMERY MANOR AND IT WORKS!
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4@4@4@ 4@ HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT
WEEKEND.4@4@
WEEKEND.4@4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@ I'M STILL RIDING HIGH AFTER THE DAY SPENT AT BINDER PARK ZOO
WITH YOU4@
WITH YOU4@
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4@4@4@4@ ... KIRK AND SASHA. 4@ MY HUSBAND GOT TO GO ON THE
SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS TO BINDER
PARK IN 4@
BATTLE
BATTLE CREEK... SO I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE ... AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.
WE STARTED OURT VISIT BY
CLIMBING ABOARD THE WILDERNESS
TRAM
... AND RIDING OUT TOWILD
AFRICA ... AN AMAZING ...
IMMERSIVE
EXPRIENCE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE ON THE SAVANNAH ...
SEEING4@
WILD AFRICAN ANIMALS IN THEIR
4@
4@ NATURAL HABITAT. THERE ARE NO BARS AND CAGES ... NO CRAMPED
QUARTERS FOR
THESE ANIMALS.
TAKE YOUR WALKING SHOES ...
BECAUSE IT'S 433 ACRES OF
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES AND
4@
4@ MAGNIFICENT ANIMALS. SASHA - YOU WERE THRILLED TO GET A CHANCE TO
FEED THE GIRAFFES ... AND KIRK
WAS JUST SNAPPING AWAY. 4@
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4@4@4@ I
4@4@4@ I HOPE YOU'LL PUBLISH YOUR PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
THE
THE ZOO
THE ZOO HAS A MOTTO OF CONNECT ... INSPIRE ... AND CONSERVE ... AND I 4@
WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
4@
4@ FOCUS
4@ FOCUS ON CONSERVATION.
VICTOR JOVANOVICH/BINDER PARK
ZOO NOT TO BE MISSED ... ARE THE
AFRICAN LIONS ... A MAJESTIC
PAIR THAT WE4@
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4@4@4@4@ COULD HEAR CARRYING ON AND4@ ROARING ... WHILE WE WERE ON TH@
OTHER SIDE OF THE PLAZA.
WE CREPT CLOSE ... THOUGH OUR 4@
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4@ GUIDES
4@ GUIDES WERE CAREFUL TO SAY ... NOT TOO CLOSE ... BECAUSE THESE
GUYS ARE PRETTY PREDATORY.
HE WAS FEEDING THEM A SNACK TO
DRAW THEM NE4@AR ... AND EXPLAID
HOW THE MALE LION IS T4@HE BOOS
HE WAS FEEDING THEM A SNACK TO DRAW THEM NE4@AR ... AND EXPLAID HOW THE MALE LION IS T4@HE BOOSF
THAT SPACE ... AND HE HAD TO BE
DRAW THEM NE4@AR ... AND EXPLAID HOW THE MALE LION IS T4@HE BOOSF THAT SPACE ... AND HE HAD TO BE@
CAREFUL
CAREFUL ABOUT NOT GIVING THE FEMALE TOO MUCH TO MUNCH ON ...
CAREFUL ABOUT NOT GIVING THE FEMALE TOO MUCH TO MUNCH ON ...@ UNTIL THE MALE HAD GOTTEN HIS
FILL ... OR THERE COULD BE A
CURFUFFLE. I SWEAR.
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4@ IT'S
4@ IT'S A
4@ IT'S A MAN'S WORLD ... EVEN AT THE ZOO.
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ALSO IN WILD AFRICA ... THE
AFRICAN
AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS. 4@ THESE GUYS REALLY WERE AMAZING.
AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS. 4@ THESE GUYS REALLY WERE AMAZING.@ OUR GUIDES - WHO WERE WONDERFUL
BY THE WAY - TOLD US THE AFRICA@
PAINTED DOG IS THE MOST
ENDANGERED CARNIVORE IN AFRICA
TODAY ...
AND THIS ZOO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO
HAVE 11 PUPS ... BORN BACK ON 4@
NOVEMBER 30.
NOVEMBER 30.
I
I GUESS
I GUESS THESE LITTLE BUGGARS ... IF YOU CAME UPON THEM IN THE WILD ...4@
MIGHT TEAR YOU LIMB TO LIMB ...
SO WE ALL TOLD OUR PHOTOGRAPHER
KENNY HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM ...
AS THE ZOO KEEPERS SNUCK HIM IN
A
LITTLE CLOSER TO GET A LOOK AS
THEY FED THEM A SNACK.4@
THE ZOO KEEPER JUSTON TOLD US
HOW THEY WORK TO REPLICATE THE
"PACK EXPERIENCE" FOR THESE
ANIMALS.4@
ALTHOUGH THEY WILL NEVER4@ LIVE
"PACK EXPERIENCE" FOR THESE ANIMALS.4@ ALTHOUGH THEY WILL NEVER4@ LIVEN
THE WILD ... THEY WANT TO GIVE
THEM
A LIFE THAT REPLICATES THAT
EXPERIENCE. JUSTIN EXPLAINED HOW
... AND WHY.
JUSTIN THOMPSON/ANIMAL KEEPER 4@
FORTUNATELY ... KENNY WAS NOT MAULED ... AND WE WERE ABLE TO4@
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4@4@4@4@ LEARN QUITE A BIT ABOUT THESE FASCINATING PACK ANIMALS.
THE OTHER HALF OF BINDER PARK IS
CALLED THE EAST ZOO. WE GOT TO SEE THE AMERICAN BLACK
BEARS ... A SIBLING GROUP OF
THREE YOUNG BEARS ... WHO WERE
SUPER PLAYFUL AND FUN TO WATCH.
SASHA WAS WAITING ALL DAY TO SE@
THE CHINESE RED PANDA ... WHICH
SUPER PLAYFUL AND FUN TO WATCH. SASHA WAS WAITING ALL DAY TO SE@ THE CHINESE RED PANDA ... WHICH@
WAS AWFULLY CUTE.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE VERY
HANDSOME SNOW LEOPARD.4@
THEY ARE AN ENDANGERED SPE4@CIES
... WITH ONLY ABOUT 6-
THOUSAND OF THEM LEFT IN THE
WILD. 4@
THIS FELLA KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON
US AS WE VISITED.
WE WERE TOLD SOMETIMES HE JUST
GETS UP AND MAKES A CHARGE AT
THE
GLASS ... THAT HE'S AMONG THE
MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS AT THE
ZOO.
HE NEVER CHARGED AT US ... BUT
WE
WE WONDERED IF HE WAS LONELY IN THERE ALL BY HIMSELF. 4@
ASHLEY CHILTON/ANIMAL KEEPER
BEFORE WE LEFT ... WE CLIMBED
ABORD THE Z-O-&-O RAILROAD. 4@
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4@ IT
4@ IT IS
4@ IT IS ... A FULLY-RESTORED VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVE ... THAT TOOK
US ON A
BEAUTIFUL RIDE ... PAST ANIMAL
EXHIBITS AND INTO THE WOODS.4@
4@
4@ SPRING
4@ SPRING IS JUST COMING ALIVE ... AND WE SAW A GOOD BIT OF THE
NATURAL 4@
LANDSCAPE THAT MAKES UP THIS
MASSIVE SPACE. WE WERE TOLD SOME
FOLKS COME ... JUST TO RIDE THE
TRAIN ... AND I CAN
SEE WHY.
IT WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A
BIT
BIT ...
BIT ... AS THE 1963 BEAUTY WAS BROUGHT BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY.4@
PEOPLE REALLY MISSED IT ... BUT
IT'S BACK.4@
YOU CAN LEARN A WHOLE BUNCH MORE
ABOUT BINDER PARK ZOO ... 4@
ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE'VE PUT A LINK TO IT ON OURS
AT 13 ON YOUR SIDE DOT COM. 4@
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4@4@ VALERIE WASN'T WITH US BECAUSE SHE WAS BUSY GRADUATING FROM4@