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birdsandbats

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Date of Visit: May 29 2021

Species not seen in italics

Section 1 (This section can be seen without paying admission)
1. Muskellunge
2. Domestic Donkey, Black-necked Swan, Rainbow Trout
3. Emperor Goose, Cackling Goose, Snow Goose, Mandarin Duck, Andean Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Black Swan, Paradise Shelduck, Barnacle Goose, Canvasback, Redhead, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Ruddy Shelduck, Wood Duck (?, may have been wild), Bar-headed Goose
4. Domestic Goldfish

Section 2
1. Southern Tamandua
2. Binturong
3. Binturong
4. Patagonian Cavy
5. Southern African Spiny Mouse
6. Domestic Hedgehog
7. Domestic Pigeon
8. Striped Skunk
9. Domestic Chinchilla
10. Domestic Pigeon
11. Domestic Pigeon
12. Goffin's Cockatoo
13. Woodchuck
14. Crested Pigeon
15. Domestic Rabbit
16. Common Degu
17. Domestic Guinea Pig
18. Domestic Pigeon
19. Ring-necked Parakeet
20. Russian Tortoise
21. Salmon-crested Cockatoo
22. Barbary Dove
23. Asian Emerald Dove
24. African Spurred Tortoise, Burmese Mountain Tortoise, Red-footed Tortoise
25. Sandhill Crane, African Spurred Tortoise
26. Eclectus Parrot
27. Rabbit Encounter walk-through: Domestic Rabbit
28. Kinkajou Cove: Kinkajou
29. Diamond Dove
Free-roaming Section 2: Domestic Goat

Section 3
1. North American River Otter
2. Domestic Chicken
3. Domestic Chicken
4. Domestic Chicken
5. Patagonian Cavy
6. Painted Turtle, Common Snapping Turtle
7. Snow Leopard
8. Common Marmoset
9. Cotton-top Tamarin
10. Red-handed Tamarin
11. Domestic Goat, Cape Barren Goose
12. African Crested Porcupine
13. unidentified flying squirrel (Glaucomys sp.)
14. California Quail
15. Northern Bobwhite
16. Hawaiian Goose, African Spurred Tortoise, Demoiselle Crane
17. Gray Wolf
18. Capybara, Hawaiian Goose, Demoiselle Crane
19. Western Rosella
20. Binturong
21. Bobcat
22. Serval
22. Birds of the World: Zebra Finch, Masked Lapwing, "Rainbow Lorikeet", Domestic Budgerigar, Diamond Dove, California Quail, Domestic Pigeon, Barbary Dove
23. Blue Duiker (signed but obviously empty)
24. Aoudad
25. Erckel's Francolin
26. Gray Crowned Crane
27. White-naped Crane
28. White-naped Crane
29. Sarus Crane
30. Blue Crane
31. Brown Lemur
32. Red Ruffed Lemur
33. Ring-tailed Lemur
34. Bald Eagle
35. Red Kangaroo
36. South American Coati
37. Canada Lynx
38. Wood Duck, American Beaver
39. Gray Fox
40. Scarlet Macaw
41. Blue-bellied Roller
42. Arabian Oryx
43. American Badger
44. Northern Raccoon
45. North American Porcupine
46. Budgie Encounter Walk-through: Domestic Budgerigar, Green-winged Teal, White-cheeked Pintail, Northern Bonwhite
47. Woodchuck
48. Black-tailed Prairie Dog
49. Reeve's Muntjac
50. Reeve's Muntjac
51. Cougar
52. Leopard
53. Generic Tiger
54. Generic Tiger (?, signed as Amur)
Primate and Reptile Educational Center
55. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
56. American Alligator, Spectacled Caiman
57. Skeleton Tarantula
58. Prehensile-tailed Skink
59. Prehensile-tailed Skink
60. Yellow Anaconda
61. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
62. Green Iguana
63. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
64. Red-tail Boa, Ball Python
65. Ball Python
66. Honduran Milk Snake
67. Prehensile-tailed Skink
68. Amazon Tree Boa
69. Striped Knee Tarantula
70. Corn Snake
71. Yellow Rat Snake
72. Common Box Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle
73. Ball Python
74. Central Bearded Dragon
75. Tokay Gecko
76. Brown Lemur
77. Red Ruffed Lemur
78. Ring-tailed Lemur
79. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
Birds of Prey
80. Great Horned Owl
81. Barred Owl
82. Peregrine Falcon
83. Bald Eagle
84. Broad-winged Hawk
85. Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture
86. Dromedary, Emu, Llama
Ruminants
87. Red Kangaroo
88. Arabian Oryx
89. Striped Skunk
90. Emu, Dromedary, Alpaca
91. Bongo
92. Bongo
93. Bennett's Wallaby
Free-roaming Section 3: White-tailed Deer, Helmeted Guineafowl, Indian Peafowl

Section 4
1. The Serengeti: Generic Giraffe
2. Capybara, Black Swan
3. Keel-billed Toucan
4. White-handed Gibbon
5. Siamang
6. White-handed Gibbon
7. DeBrazza's Monkey
8. American Flamingo, Red-breasted Goose
9. Black-necked Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Redhead, Hooded Merganser, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Common Eider, Andean Goose
10. African Penguin
11. Greater Grison
12. Masked Lapwing, Blue Eared Pheasant, Laughing Kookaburra, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
13. Elliot's Pheasant, Blue-bellied Roller, Cinnamon Teal, Greater Prairie-Chicken
14. Red-crested Turaco, Swinhoe's Pheasant, Ruddy-headed Goose
15. Baikal Teal, Brown Eared Pheasant, Indian Peafowl
16. Puna Teal, Mandarin Duck, Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Violet Turaco, Green Peafowl
17. Red-rumped Agouti
18. Radjah Shelduck, Silver Pheasant, Violet Turaco
19. Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
20. Chukar, Temminick's Tragopan, South African Shelduck
21. Golden Pheasant, Toco Toucan
22. Red-legged Seriema, Himalayan Monal, Common Shelduck
23. Great Curassow
24. Baikal Teal, Indian Peafowl
25. Crested Screamer, Kalij Pheasant, Ruddy Duck, Black-throated Magpie-Jay
26. Common Squirrel Monkey
27. Red-and-green Macaw, Military Macaw
28. Red Ruffed Lemur
29. Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Education Center
30. Pancake Tortoise
31. Radiated Tortoise
32. Indian Star Tortoise
33. White's Tree Frog
34. Green Basilisk
35. Gouldian Finch, Red Avadavat
36. Asian Forest Scorpion
37. Common Leopard Gecko
38. Kenyan Sand Boa
39. Mexican Red-rump Tarantula
40. Carniloan Honey Bee
41. Red-crested Cardinal

Safari Ride
1. Paddock One: Emu, Common Eland, Scimitar-horned Oryx
2. Dall Sheep
3. Paddock Two: Nilgai
4. Bighorn Sheep, African Spurred Tortoise
5. Paddock Three: Grant's Zebra, Egyptian Goose
6. Paddock Four: Common Ostrich, Egyptian Goose, Wildebeest, Greater Kudu, Lowland Nyala, Beisa Oryx


I will post a mini review in this thread soon.
 
TinoPup said:
Thanks for posting the species list! I really want to check this place out but man it's so far north.
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Yeah this place's bird collection (especially waterfowl) is insane. I freaked out when I saw the prairie-chickens because I was so shocked they had them. People probably thought I was crazy (and maybe they were right).
 
Minor correction: I got a bit mixed up with the aviaries in Section 4. Elliot's Pheasant and White-faced Whistling-Duck (not already listed, forgot about it) are in their own aviary between exhibit 12 and 13, not in either of those aviaries.
 
Here's my short review, it turned out a bit less mini then I had intended:

Wildwood Wildlife Park is a privately-owned zoo located in Minocqua, WI. Before I visited, I had seen that on their website they claimed to be Wisconsin's second-largest zoo. I had figured this claim was bogus, obviously Wisconsin's second largest zoo cannot be located in an out-of-the-way town with a population of 450! I was surprised to see that, by species count, this claim is correct.

The zoo is clearly divided into 4 sections, along with a safari ride. Each of these sections feel very different, almost like completely different zoos. Interestingly, the first section can be seen without paying admission. This is by far the smallest section, and mostly contains fish and waterfowl.

The second section is bad. Not a great first impression for someone visiting zoos for the first time. With the exception of the exhibits for Kinkajou, tortoises, cranes, and spiny mice, and Eclectus Parrots, all of the exhibits in this section are terrible. A skunk with no hides and just enough room to turn around. An Asian Emerald Dove that can't move its wings. The most crowded little rabbit enclosure ever. A Moluccan Cockatoo with just a perch. This section is extremely depressing, but luckily it's small.

The third section is where everything start to pick up. This is by far the largest section of the zoo, both in terms of size and species count. About two-thirds of the enclosures here are great, iehter perfectly adequate or even excellent. The remaining third are about as bad as Section Two, though. Badgers with no digging space. Beaver with no diving room. Five flying squirrels crowded into a four-foot cage. A wolf in a corncrib. There was lots of construction going on in this section, and I assume much of it is attempts to update these enclosures. Many of the terrible enclosures that used to be here (that you can see in the gallery) are gone, and the species have either been given better enclosures or left the zoo. This even includes some popular animals, like bears. Overall, this section is a mixed bag, but there's lots of great stuff here.

Section Four is the highlight of the zoo. This section is all brand-new, and nearly all of the enclosures here are good. I particularly enjoyed the primate enclosures, which made use of large, wooden climbing frames. The penguin exhibit was a bit on the small side but the pool was quite deep. All of the aviaries in this section are perfectly fine, too. They reminded me of the Pheasantry at Toledo.

Overall, I really enjoyed Wildwood Wildlife Park. Yeah, there's plenty of awful stuff here, but less than at most privately-owned zoos in Wisconsin, and the zoo is obviously trying their hardest to modernize. Their bird collection is highly impressive, especially where waterfowl are concerned. Overall, I highly recommend a visit, if you are up for going a bit out of your way (that's really the only way to get here, no matter where you're coming from).
 
Thank you for this posting. I would have never guessed that a private zoo that far north would have such an amazing bird collection! It makes me want to check it out!
 
Update:

Date of visit: July 28 2024

Species not seen in italics

Section 1 (This section can be seen without paying admission)
1. Muskellunge
2. Domestic Donkey, Black-necked Swan, Rainbow Trout
3. Emperor Goose, Cackling Goose, Snow Goose, Mandarin Duck, Andean Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Black Swan, Paradise Shelduck, Barnacle Goose, Canvasback, Redhead, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Ruddy Shelduck, Bar-headed Goose, Black Swan, Red-breasted Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Canada Goose (?, may have been wild)
4. Domestic Goldfish
5. White-tailed Deer, Bongo

Section 2
1. Serval
2. Patagonian Cavy
3. Fennec Fox
4. Domestic Hedgehog
5. Barbary Dove
6. Diamond Dove
7. Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Russian Tortoise
8. Moluccan Eclectus
9. Rabbit Encounter walk-through: Domestic Rabbit
10. Kinkajou
Animal Encounters Building
11. Bat-eared Fox
12. Collared Aracari, Western Crowned-Pigeon
13. Western Crowned-Pigeon, Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Free-roaming Section 2: Domestic Goat, African Spurred Tortoise

Section 3
1. North American River Otter
2. Cotton-top Tamarin
3. Red-handed Tamarin
4. Common Marmoset
5. Domestic Goat, Cape Barren Goose
6. Southern Flying Squirrel
7. Domestic Pigeon
8. Domestic Pigeon
9. Domestic Pigeon
10. Demoiselle Crane, African Spurred Tortoise
11. Striped Hyena
12. Gray Wolf
13. Greater Capybara, Hawaiian Goose, Demoiselle Crane
14. Bird Archway: Cockatiel
15. Bobcat
16. Birds of the World: Zebra Finch, Blue-breasted Quail, California Quail, Masked Lapwing, Domestic Pigeon, Eastern Rosella, Rainbow Lorikeet, Barbary Dove, Asian Emerald Dove, unidentified lovebird, Goffin's Cockatoo
17. African Crested Porcupine
18. Snow Leopard
19. Common Snapping Turtle, Painted Turtle
20. Domestic Rabbit
21. Domestic Chicken
22. Upland Goose
23. Patagonian Cavy
24. Blue Duiker
25. Aoudad
26. Serval
27. Binturong
28. Canada Lynx
29. Gray Crowned Crane
30. White-naped Crane
31. Blue Crane
32. Sarus Crane
33. Scarlet Ibis
34. Red Kangaroo
35. Bald Eagle
36. Barred Owl
37. Broad-winged Hawk
38. Emu, Alpaca, Dromedary
39. Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture,
40. Great Horned Owl
41. Red-legged Sereima
42. South American Coati
43. Gray Fox
44. American Beaver, Wood Duck, Chiloe Wigeon
45. Crimson Rosella
46. Pale-headed Rosella
47. Striped Skunk
48. Bongo
49. Bennett's Wallaby
50. Arabian Oryx
51. American Badger
52. Northern Raccoon
53. North American Porcupine
54. Groundhog
55. Black-tailed Prairie Dog
56. Budgie Encounter walk-through: Domestic Budgerigar, White-cheeked Pintail, Northern Bobwhite
57. Reeve's Muntjac
58. Generic Tiger
59. Cougar
60. Generic Leopard
Small Mammal Building
61. Coppery Titi
62. Fennec Fox
63. Red-handed Tamarin
64. White-faced Saki, Six-banded Armadillo
65. Guianian Squirrel Monkey
Primate and Reptile Educational Center
66. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
67. American Alligator, Spectacled Caiman
68. Striped-knee Tarantula
69. Prehensile-tailed Skink
70. Prehensile-tailed Skink
71. Yellow Anaconda
72. Green Iguana
73. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
74. Ball Python
75. Ball Python
76. Honduran Milk Snake
77. Prehensile-tailed Skink
78. Amazon Tree Boa
79. Argentine Black-and-white Tegu
80. Curly Hair Tarantula
81. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
82. Striped-knee Tarantula
83. Prehensile-tailed Skink
84. Corn Snake
85. Eastern Box Turtle, Three-toed Box Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle
86. Ball Python
87. Tokay Gecko
88. Tokay Gecko
89. Ball Python
90. Yellow Rat Snake
91. Ring-tailed Lemur
92. Red Ruffed Lemur
93. Common Brown Lemur
Free-roaming Section 3: White-tailed Deer, Indian Peafowl, Domestic Guineafowl

Section Four
1. The Serengeti: Generic Giraffe
2. Leopard Tortoise, Red-footed Tortoise, Yellow-footed Tortoise
3. Black Swan, Greater Capybara
4. Keel-billed Toucan
5. White-handed Gibbon
6. Siamang
7. White-handed Gibbon
8. DeBrazza's Monkey
9. American Flamingo, Red-breasted Goose
10. Hooded Merganser, Black-necked Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Redhead, Andean Goose, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Common Eider
11. African Penguin
12. Greater Grison
13. Burmese Mountain Tortoise, Military Macaw, Green-winged Macaw
14. Laughing Kookaburra, Malayan Crested Fireback, Masked Lapwing, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
15. Elliot's Pheasant, Senegal Thick-Knee, Laughing Kookaburra, White-faced Whisting-Duck
16. Laughing Kookaburra, Western Crowned-Pigeon, Ruddy-headed Goose
17. Swinhoe's Pheasant, Indian Peafowl, Upland Goose, Violet Turaco
18. Violet Turaco, Brown Eared-Pheasant, Baikal Teal
19. Violet Turaco, Mandarin Duck, Green Peafowl, Lady Amherst's Pheasant
20. Silver Pheasant, Crested Pigeon, Cinnamon Teal
21. Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
22. Gray Peacock-Pheasant
23. Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
24. Australian Shelduck, White-cheeked Turaco, Temminick's Tragopan
25. Cape Shelduck, Golden Pheasant, White-cheeked Turaco
26. Green Peafowl, Common Shelduck, Himalayan Monal, Crested Pigeon
27. Red-crested Turaco, Blue Eared-Pheasant, Upland Goose
28. Indian Peafowl, Red-crested Turaco, Falcated Duck
29. Crested Screamer, Black-throated Magpie-Jay, Ruddy Duck
30. Red-rumped Agouti
31. Red Ruffed Lemur
32. Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Education Center
34. Masked Cardinal, Owl Finch, Star Finch
35. Domestic Honey Bee
36. Green Basilisk
37. Curly Hair Tarantula
38. Kenyan Sand Boa
39. Gouldian Finch
40. Radiated Tortoise
41. Indian Star Tortoise
42. Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula
43. Radiated Tortoise
44. Pancake Tortoise
45. Asian Forest Scorpion
46. Common Leopard Gecko
47. White's Tree Frog
48. African Bullfrog

Safari Ride
1. Paddock One: Emu, Common Eland, Scimitar-horned Oryx, Egyptian Goose
2. Paddock Two: Nilgai, Sandhill Crane
3. Dall Sheep
4. Paddock Four: Grant's Zebra, Egyptian Goose
5. Paddock Five: Common Ostrich, Egyptian Goose, Common Wildebeest, Beisa Oryx, Greater Kudu
6. Bighorn Sheep, African Spurred Tortoise
7. Mountain Goat
 
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