I'm so glad spoonbills arrived. They were one of the bird species I would have liked to see be added to the zoo. I just hope they can go outside come spring.
It would indeed be nice to see them outside. I'm also hoping they getting some signage for them soon, as there is none at the moment. Everyone that come to see them while I was there thought they were Flamingos.
I'm certain signage is on the way. The zoo has been absolutely fantastic with its new signage in the past two years so I expect nothing less for the spoonbills. They may be waiting on placement of a sign to see if they will go outside for the summer months or simply if the grouping of the spoonbills, ibis and geese is viable long term. If they stay they probably will do new signs for all three species which is good.
If this species were to go outside, where would be the place place to put them, in terms of overall viability. I would love to see them in the large pool area of the White Rhino, but I don't no if that's something that will work long term.
The white rhino exhibit was tossed around as an idea or in with the penguins as another... both would just be summer solutions. In the winter they would probably come back inside with the ibis. It's kind of too bad that they removed the old elephant pool in the giraffe exhibit. Even a shallow pool would have given them somewhere to stick more birds. Plus I have seen some really cool photos of giraffes playing in a pool in Fresno's new African exhibit. That would be incredibly cool to see in person.
