idk the exact width & Height of this exhibit but the 2 burrowing owls living in this exhibit are babies like 1 year old. the exhibit is bigger then you think. Until you actually see exhibits on here in person then you can agree to disagree on how bad or how good. that applies to all exhibits everywhere. you kind of have a idea of what the exhibit is like in a picture but when you see in person thats what counts.
idk the exact width & Height of this exhibit but the 2 burrowing owls living in this exhibit are babies like 1 year old. the exhibit is bigger then you think. Until you actually see exhibits on here in person then you can agree to disagree on how bad or how good. that applies to all exhibits everywhere. you kind of have a idea of what the exhibit is like in a picture but when you see in person thats what counts.
that is only true to an extent. A tiny cage is a tiny cage, no matter whether seen in person or only in a photograph. In this case, the size can be judged by your other photo of the owl, which is sitting under the fake log-flowerpot thing on the far left of the tiny cage: http://www.zoochat.com/1151/burrowing-owl-274029/
A bird should not be kept in a terrarium like a reptile.
In this case I think I have to agree with snowloepard and Chlidonias. You can actually work out how big the exhibit is based on the signs on the glass. If, and I think I am correct in this assumption, that these signs are your typical 8.5"x11" piece of paper. If this is the case, then the glass is no more than 24 inches high - two feet. The burrowing area seems to be about 75% of this height, so another 18 inches for a total of 42 inches or three and a half feet. The burrowing owl is only 7.5 to 11 inches in length so this exhibits, if my measurements are correct, is about 4 times the height of the entire bird.
As I say this, I hate critiquing exhibits, but here there is enough evidence in the photo to do so.
wow, this is weird.. who would put a bird in there??
Do you know/remember, what is written on the sign/paper, the white one which seems to be the same on every glass? I really hope that it says something like "this is exhibit is only temporary"...
it said dont tap on the glass im getting used to my new home. this is a first time seeing this species of owl. it was no bigger than my hand. is this species that tiny or do the get bigger than this. the exhibit has 2 burrowing owls in it. and trust me on this which most of you wont but to me its really not that bad im telling you.
it said dont tap on the glass im getting used to my new home. this is a first time seeing this species of owl. it was no bigger than my hand. is this species that tiny or do the get bigger than this. the exhibit has 2 burrowing owls in it. and trust me on this which most of you wont but to me its really not that bad im telling you.
Athene cunicularia is one of the smallest owl species. The owl, which resides primarily on the ground, has long lanky legs, a short tail, and it does not have any ear tufts. The average adult owl is between 8.5-11 inches tall and weighs about 4-6 oz. Unlike other owl species, the female burrowing owl is smaller than the male.
And I´m sorry, I know you mean well, but I don´t believe that it is not "that bad". The size of the bird doesn´t really matter, I can´t think of any bird that could be in an exhibit like that.
That's the average size of a burrowing owl. Do you have an estimate on how big the exhibit is? Is there more that we don't see, like a burrow to an outdoor aviary?
The Akron zoo houses two Burrowing owls in an exhibit nearly twice the size of this.We'll look through our pictures and try to post a pic if we have a good one.The only photos currently in the Akron gallery are two close ups of the owls.
