Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo News 2019

ThylacineAlive said:
I'd imagine the Red-Knobbed Imperial-Pigeons at PPZ being off-show during the winter won't help then. Their Northern White-Eye, Solomon Islands Spiny-Necked Monitor, and Black-Footed Cats should all be on-exhibit, though. As far as the Pronghorns go, I believe they're technically not on-exhibit anymore but can be seen in a yard behind the Roosevelt Elk and/or bison yard. Queens' Chacoan Peccaries and Thick-Billed Parrots are all likely to be bts in winter.

~Thylo
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Yes, annoying to miss the imperial pigeons and thick-billed parrots. Had my fill of Chacoan peccaries at Berlin last year and will see them again in Prague this year, so not too sad there!

How visible are the pronghorns in their semi-behind the scenes yard? Would be very disappointing to miss out on a massive life-tick.
 
oflory said:
Yes, annoying to miss the imperial pigeons and thick-billed parrots. Had my fill of Chacoan peccaries at Berlin last year and will see them again in Prague this year, so not too sad there!

How visible are the pronghorns in their semi-behind the scenes yard? Would be very disappointing to miss out on a massive life-tick.
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I believe they are fairly visible if you know to look for them. There should be photos of them in the yard in the zoo's gallery.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Bronx has been named #1 on IDA's 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants.

~Thylo
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The quality of habitats and new herd requirements of three have left IDA with virtually nothing to complain about. The only real "sins" they have left to complain about are breeding elephants and having elephants.

With only Happy and Patty remaining, I suppose the AZA will compel the zoo to acquire a third or relinquish them to another zoo? Has anyone heard anything?
 
oflory said:
Thanks all - very helpful. I'm mostly interested in seeing things that are rare in collections in Europe anyway - the pronghorns in Prospect Park and the sea otters in the aquarium for example - so failing to see some okapi and lions wouldn't be the end of the world, I suppose! Any good advice for NYC collections - what time to see shy/inactive animals etc?
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The Aquarium! Its new shark exhibit is breathtaking. A season 3 ZOO episode on its opening will lure you right in. Don't let the word Brooklyn deter you. It's on the shore next to Coney Island, mere blocks from the Belt Parkway and Gowanus Expressway that make it a speedy highway jaunt to Manhattan. Or take Ocean Avenue and Ocean Parkway down from Prospect Park!
 
AmbikaFan said:
The Aquarium! Its new shark exhibit is breathtaking. A season 3 ZOO episode on its opening will lure you right in. Don't let the word Brooklyn deter you. It's on the shore next to Coney Island, mere blocks from the Belt Parkway and Gowanus Expressway that make it a speedy highway jaunt to Manhattan. Or take Ocean Avenue and Ocean Parkway down from Prospect Park!
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Not big on fish especially but the aquarium will get a visit because of the sea otters!
 
Visited Bronx Zoo today (2nd visit). Saw a tawny frogmouth chick in World of Birds, and there was an unsigned Black and Rufous Sengi in the Mouse House, opposite the agouti. Overall, really impressed with the zoo, though gutted the Congo Forest was closed today for maintenance works.
 
The zoo already has Zebu. I've never heard of domestic cattle being mixed with elderly elephants as companionship before. Has it been proven to work, or has it simply been done once (perhaps as a fluke)?

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
The zoo already has Zebu. I've never heard of domestic cattle being mixed with elderly elephants as companionship before. Has it been proven to work, or has it simply been done once (perhaps as a fluke)?
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Not quite cattle, but Anne the single Asian elephant at Longleat has/had goats in her paddock. But being ex-circus her temperament is probably different to those at the Bronx so possibly not a fair comparison.
 
Ironically, we need to be worried about Patty right now. Happy has been getting her companionship and security from deep keeper bonds for more than a decade. I don't think Patty's ever been without a companion since she arrived in the mid 1970s.

This is compounded by the fact that she was diagnosed with TB almost two years ago. Keepers/vets were always wearing masks in the barn. I don't know if Patty was kept in isolation from Maxine or not--but then . Maxine died. Does anyone know Patty's TB status? If positive, she probably couldn't have a companion right now. And has the zoo ever reported what Maxine died of? It was relatively sudden.
 
Phew! He was recently moved in with the Roseate spoonbills, I guess because his partner had died. They had a net up to allow him time to adjust to his new surroundings.
 
migdog said:
Phew! He was recently moved in with the Roseate spoonbills, I guess because his partner had died. They had a net up to allow him time to adjust to his new surroundings.
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Yeah that was the case back in January as well. He moved from the enclosure at the front of the house about a year ago I think and was kept (iirc) where the Guam Kingfishers are now near the Scarlet Ibis enclosure. I think these moves are because he's lost the ability to fly in his old age, but that's just an assumption. The netting might actually be to keep him in the enclosure because once upon a time I believe the pair were originally kept in that enclosure-- long before I started visiting and taking note so could have been a different enclosure-- and kept escaping and walking around the halls of the building. At one point there were photos here on the forum of them doing so.

~Thylo
 
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