Brandywine Zoo Brandywine Zoo news

Just visited. A few updates:
  1. The flock of guineafowl are in with Sandy, the Sandhill Crane. This is only temporary and was only because of work being done in their exhibit.
  2. The pair of Burrowing Owls moved to the aviary that the guineafowl were in before they moved to the Madagascar exhibit (also had a sloth in the past).
  3. The barrier between the former Sandhill Crane and Burrowing Owl exhibits has been knocked down and that exhibit is being renovated.
  4. There were people replacing the sod in the Madagascar exhibit. My guess is that it didn’t handle the snow well. All the animals were off-exhibit, but one of the workers let me go up to the window in the holding building so see them. I didn’t see the Crowned Lemurs in there. :(
  5. They put up laminated signs about the zoo’s history. I’ll be posting pictures soon.
 
A few updates I overheard from the zoo director, Brint Spencer.

The former Crane and owl exhibits have been combined and will have toucans and pudus until the new exhibit is done in 2022.

The South American Swamps exhibit will not only have flamingo feeding, but it will also be a walkthrough exhibit! They also plan to breed the pudus.

The species are planned to be: Chilean Flamingos, Southern Pudu, Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth, Toco Toucans, Red-footed Tortoises, Sun Parakeets, macaws, and turtles. Probably the ibises, as well, but that has not been confirmed.
 
nczoofan said:
I mean it’s just a simple renovation. Both species are in the zoos longterm plan. I believe the pudu slated for a new exhibit at the entryway of the zoo, mixed with waterfowl. So this likely a stopgap measure for both species.
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Yes, they're supposed to be at the front, which is what I was expecting this to be :( That's the next thing on the plan list.
 
TinoPup said:
Yes, they're supposed to be at the front, which is what I was expecting this to be :( That's the next thing on the plan list.
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This is just a temporary exhibit until they finish the wetlands exhibit which will be at the new entrance. That’s next in their plan after the care center, which isn’t completed yet.

Does anyone know if the wetlands exhibit will have any indoor viewing areas or will it all be outdoors? I ask because they don’t have a lot of animals you can still see in the Winter.
 
SaritaWolf said:
This is just a temporary exhibit until they finish the wetlands exhibit which will be at the new entrance. That’s next in their plan after the care center, which isn’t completed yet.

Does anyone know if the wetlands exhibit will have any indoor viewing areas or will it all be outdoors? I ask because they don’t have a lot of animals you can still see in the Winter.
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AFAIK it's going to be an outdoor habitat, but the Chilean flamingoes and the pudus should be winter-hardy while the sloths, tortoises and tropical birds are nice and cozy indoors.
 
Visited - actually did something I said I was going to do for once, with nothing cancelling it :D The new exhibit looks much better in person. The wood on the back walls is all new (or at least was taken care of), the fencing is new, and there's lots of vegetation and grass. It's a fairly dark exhibit, really. The pudu were going in and out a lot, so if you don't see them, wait a minute or two and they might come back out. Mom and daughter are easy to tell apart. Mom is a bit bigger, and much more confident.

The aviary at the end currently has the capybara, scarlet ibis, and helmeted guineafowl, with no ducks or herons or anything. This was my first time seeing the lemur exhibit, it's really nice! Only annoying thing is since the path goes completely around, you're probably going to have people in the background of your photos unless you're using a long lens to photograph them on the grass. The ruffeds were mostly lounging on the grass, sunning their bellies, while the ringtaileds parkoured about. One crowned briefly stuck its head out of the door to inside, other than that they didn't make an appearance.
 
TinoPup said:
The aviary at the end currently has the capybara, scarlet ibis, and helmeted guineafowl, with no ducks or herons or anything.
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The ducks and heron have been gone for a few months. Not sure why.
TinoPup said:
This was my first time seeing the lemur exhibit, it's really nice! Only annoying thing is since the path goes completely around, you're probably going to have people in the background of your photos unless you're using a long lens to photograph them on the grass. The ruffeds were mostly lounging on the grass, sunning their bellies, while the ringtaileds parkoured about. One crowned briefly stuck its head out of the door to inside, other than that they didn't make an appearance.
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Did you see the Crowned Lemurs?
 
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