Back to the bunnies — they are just too cute to limit them to one photo. This one seems to be digging, looking for something — a carrot, perhaps?

The same pen contained this antique steam engine. I looked but could not find any details about it. Pretty cool looking though.

More bunnies were following me, anticipating food. Other folks nearby were feeding them while I took the photos. Maybe they thought they should be rewarded for being such cute model bunnies.

Next, we see a herd of St. Croix Sheep, who are native to the U.S. Virgin Islands. I visited St. Croix many years ago but I did not see any sheep or learn of their existence. They seemed quite docile and reached out for food placed in your hand — and, thankfully, no biting.

My next new friends were most strikingly beautiful — Rainbow Lorikeets in a spacious aviary. As soon as I walked in (there were no other guests in the aviary at the time), they came to welcome me to their home but wanted to know what treats I brought for them.

They could see the container that I was carrying and recognized it as their source of food. One landed on my right hand so that I could not adjust my camera and take a photo with the bird in the way.

Eventually, I was able to feed them directly from my hand — and they squawked a loud "thank you" for the treat. Then they sat still so I could grab a few good shots of the colorful birds.

In the center of the aviary was an interesting rock fountain to quench the thirst of the Lorikeets...

and to provide a fresh supply of clean water for a few koi swimming at the base.

The last animals that we could feed were a good-sized school of stingrays. The signs indicated that they had no barbs so they were harmless to persons feeding them. I had not paid for the "feed the stingrays" option so I did not have the pleasure of getting to know them better.

Looking past the corral of ostriches, one could see Picacho Peak, the site of an engagement of the American Civil War. The size of the two contingents was closer to a modern football game than what one expects from an army squadron — 13 Northern Calvary and 10 Southern Calvary. History records that the the Confederates won this battle — the Northerners lost three killed and three wounded while the Southerns lost three captured and two wounded.

There is a state park here now and each year they host a re-enactment of the Civil War battle. According to Wikipedia, "The re-enactments now have grown so large that many more participants tend to be involved than took part in the actual engagements, and include infantry units and artillery as well as cavalry."

I plan to return to explore the park and hopefully, I will not experience any Civil War soldiers during my visit.