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Coelacanth18 said:
Just visited for the first time today. I found a reference on an old map to a small aviary by the Safari Grill that, according to a 2012 review from @snowleopard held "superb starlings and Rothschild's peacock pheasants". The building still shows up on the map but is not labeled as an exhibit, and I missed it while I was there. Can anyone confirm if that is still an active exhibit that is open to the public? I know @Echobeast has been there very recently, and @bugboiben was the last to upload photos; do either of you know about it?

Also wasn't able to find white-bellied go-away-bird in the Discovery Center, even though it was signed. And are there still sarus cranes somewhere?

A couple of additional notes for those familiar with the place: the snow leopard enclosure is now a second lion enclosure, while the serval and squirrel monkey/king vulture cages are no longer present and those three species have apparently left the collection.
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I do not recall seeing anything of note around that area.
 
Births

A male Japanese macaque was born May 13 to Miya:

Baby Japanese macaque born at Blank Park Zoo

Zoo officials said this is the sixth Japanese macaque born at the Zoo since it restarted the breeding program in 2009. The infant was born to Miya (born on April 20, 2012), the first macaque born and raised at the Zoo since the 1990’s.


A Slender-horned gazelle calf was born April 8 to Maria:

Slender-horned gazelle calf born at Blank Park Zoo

Deaths

Samburu the Reticulated giraffe died in May aged 25 years:

Iowa zoo's 25-year-old giraffe passes away

Samburu, Sam for short, was born at the Henry Zoorley Zoo in Omaha on Aug. 21, 1995 and arrived at Blank Park on May 15, 1997.
In her time there, she gave birth to five calves, three male and two female.
 
I whet to the zoo last month and noticed that the squirrel monkey/ king vulture exhibit has been completely removed from where it used to be.
 
birdsandbats said:
How long does this zoo take to see?
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A basic walkthrough takes about an hour. The only thing where it could take a while to locate all the inhabitants is the free-flight aviary portion of the Discovery Center. The most notable bird held in that aviary is Silver-eared Mesia, assuming they are still around.
 
Gondwana said:
A basic walkthrough takes about an hour. The only thing where it could take a while to locate all the inhabitants is the free-flight aviary portion of the Discovery Center. The most notable bird held in that aviary is Silver-eared Mesia, assuming they are still around.
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Are the Pink Pigeons gone, then?
 
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